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2020 Speeches, Statements & Testimonies News
December 2020
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Remarks by Martin J. Gruenberg, Member, FDIC Board of Directors, The Financial Stability Risks of Climate Change at the Center for American Progress
Statement by FDIC Board Member Martin J. Gruenberg on the Final Rule: Parent Companies of Industrial Banks and Industrial Loan Companies at the FDIC Board Meeting
Statement by FDIC Board Member Martin J. Gruenberg on the 2021 FDIC Operating Budget at the FDIC Board Meeting
Statement by FDIC Board Member Martin J. Gruenberg on the Final Rule: Brokered Deposits and Interest Rate Restrictions at the FDIC Board Meeting
Statement by FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams on the Final Rule for Parent Companies of Industrial Banks and Industrial Loan Companies at the FDIC Board Meeting
Statement by FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Computer-Security Incident Notification at the FDIC Board Meeting
Statement by FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams on the Proposed 2021 FDIC Operating Budget at the FDIC Board Meeting
Statement by FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams on the Combined Final Rule on Brokered Deposits and Interest Rate Restrictions at the FDIC Board Meeting
Remarks by FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams, ‘From Principles to Practice: Improving and Modernizing Bank Supervision,’ Federal Reserve Board Conference on “Bank Supervision: Past, Present, and Future”
Statement by FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams on FSOC Annual Report
Remarks by FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams and Director of the Division of Insurance and Research Diane Ellis on the Third Quarter 2020 Quarterly Banking Profile
November 2020
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Statement by FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams on the Interim Final Rule to Temporarily Change Asset Thresholds for the Applicability of Certain Rules
FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams’s Statement on SEC Chairman’s Tenure
Ensuring the Safety, Soundness, Diversity, and Accountability of Depository Institutions During the Pandemic before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services
Statement of FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams on the Oversight of Financial Regulators before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs
October 2020
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Statement by Martin J. Gruenberg, Member, FDIC Board of Directors on the Final Rule: Regulatory Capital Treatment for Investments in Certain Unsecured Debt Instruments of Global Systemically Important U.S. Bank Holding Companies
Statement by Martin J. Gruenberg, Member, FDIC Board of Directors on the Final Rule: Net Stable Funding Ratio
Statement by FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams
Statement by FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams on the Final Rule on Net Stable Funding Ratio: Liquidity Risk Measurement Standards and Disclosure Requirements
Statement by FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams on the Interim Final Rule on Applicability of Annual Independent Audits and Reporting Requirements for Fiscal Years Ending in 2021
Remarks by Chairman Jelena McWilliams to the 10th Annual Consumer Research Symposium
Remarks of Chairman Jelena McWilliams to the SRB Annual Conference “Resolution Readiness: Adapting to our Uncertain World”
September 2020
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Statement by FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams on FSOC Activities-Based Review of Secondary Mortgage Market Activities
Statement by Martin J. Gruenberg, Member, FDIC Board of Directors on the FDIC Deposit Insurance Fund Restoration Plan
Statement by FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams on a Restoration Plan for the Deposit Insurance Fund
Holding Financial Regulators Accountable for Diversity and Inclusion: Perspectives from The Offices of Minority and Women Inclusion
August 2020
Date Title
FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams on “Creating a Financial System of Inclusion and Belonging”. Keynote Speech before The University of Chicago Law School and American Financial Exchange Webinar on “The Role of Minority Depository Institutions and Innovation
Remarks by FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams and Director of the Division of Insurance and Research Diane Ellis on the Second Quarter 2020 Quarterly Banking Profile
Statement by Martin J. Gruenberg, Member, FDIC Board of Directors on the Regulatory Capital Rule: Eligible Retained Income
Statement by FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams on the Request for Comment on Changes to Supervisory Appeals Process
July 2020
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Statement by Martin J. Gruenberg, Member, FDIC Board of Directors Final Rule: Incorporation of Existing Statement of Policy Regarding Requests for Participation in the Affairs of an Insured Depository Institution by Convicted Individuals
Statement by FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams on Final Rule: Section 19 of the FDI Act
June 2020
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Statement by Martin J. Gruenberg Member, FDIC Board of Directors Final Rule: Margin and Capital Requirements for Covered Swap Entities
Statement by Martin J. Gruenberg Member, FDIC Board of Directors Final Rule on Federal Interest Rate Authority
Statement by Martin J. Gruenberg Member, FDIC Board of Directors Final Rule: Volcker Rule Prohibition on Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds
Statement by FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams on the Final Rule: Federal Interest Rate Authority
Statement by FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams on the Final Rule: Revisions to Prohibitions and Restrictions on Proprietary Trading and Certain Interests in, and Relationships with, Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds
Statement by FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams on the Final Rule and Interim Final Rule: Margin and Capital Requirements for Covered Swap Entities
Statement by Chairman McWilliams on the Final Rule to Mitigate the Impact of PPP Lending on Deposit Insurance Premiums
Remarks by FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams and Director of the Division of Insurance and Research Diane Ellis on the First Quarter 2020 Quarterly Banking Profile
Remarks by FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams at the Olympia Snowe Women's Leadership Institute Graduation
Statement by FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams on Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian P. Brooks
May 2020
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Statement by FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams on Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting
Statement by FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams on the CRA Joint Proposed Rulemaking
Statement by Martin J. Gruenberg, Member, FDIC Board of Directors; on the Interim Final Rule: Temporary Exclusion of U.S. Treasury Securities and Deposits at Federal Reserve Banks from the Supplementary Leverage Ratio
Statement by FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams on the Interim Final Rule: Temporary Exclusion of U.S. Treasury Securities and Deposits at Federal Reserve Banks from the Supplementary Leverage Ratio for Depository Institutions
Statement of Jelena McWilliams, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation before the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection And Financial Institutions, Committee on Financial Services; U.S. House of Representatives
Statement of Jelena McWilliams, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on Oversight of Financial Regulators before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate
March 2020
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Statement by FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams before the Financial Stability Oversight Council
Statement by Martin J. Gruenberg, Member, FDIC Board of Directors; Application for Federal Deposit Insurance: Square Financial Services, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah
Statement by Martin J. Gruenberg, Member, FDIC Board of Directors; Deposit Insurance Application: Nelnet Bank (In Organization)
Statement by FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams on Square Financial Services
Statement by FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams on Nelnet Bank
Statement by Martin J. Gruenberg, Member, FDIC Board of Directors on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Parent Companies of Industrial Banks and Industrial Loan Companies
Statement by FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Parent companies of industrial banks and industrial loan companies; FDIC Board Meeting
February 2020
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Remarks by FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams and Director of the Division of Insurance and Research Diane Ellis on the Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2019 Quarterly Banking Profile
January 2020
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Statement by Martin J. Gruenberg, Member, FDIC Board of Directors; Final Rule: Amendment to Securitization Safe Harbor Rule
Statement by Martin J. Gruenberg, Member, FDIC Board of Directors; Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Volcker Rule Prohibition on Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds
Statement of Jelena McWilliams, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Final Rule: Amendment to Securitization Safe Harbor Rule
Statement by FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Revisions to Prohibitions and Restrictions on Proprietary Trading and Certain Interests in, and Relationships with, Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds; FDIC Board Meeting