legislation

US Government to Audit the FRB

05.12.2010
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It was announced yesterday afternoon that the US Senate approved (96-0) a one-time audit of the Federal Reserve System. Specifically the audit will investigate the Federal Reserve’s economic crisis response programs. We suspect that this will also likely include a review of cash reserves and inventory distributions.

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New Overdraft Regs Are Coming — So What Do We Do About It?

11.23.2009
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Brendan gave a great outline of the new overdraft fee regulations coming into effect in the US in 2010. Given, these are the new Fed rules and we haven’t yet heard what the damage will be from legislation pending in Congress, but at least we have something to work toward now. But what does that mean? In my estimation, banks have four options for how to address the new legislation.

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