December 10, 2024
Zac Davis presented at the Elliott Davis Financial Services Strategy Forum. The presentation addressed current hot topics for financial institutions focusing on the current regulatory environment, the landscape for mergers and acquisitions and capital raises, a summary of recent Supreme Court cases and the potential effects of the 2024 election for financial institutions.
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November 19, 2024
On November 19, 2024, Brendan Clegg presented on key bank regulatory and enforcement updates at the New Hampshire Bankers Association and Vermont Bankers Association Fall 2024 Compliance Conference in Concord, New Hampshire. The presentation focused on potential policy, supervision, and personnel changes at the federal banking agencies after the 2024 election, recent landmark decisions by the Supreme Court that will affect bank relationships with their supervisors, new merger policy statements from the FDIC and OCC, and proposed rules from the FDIC related to corporate governance, brokered deposits and bank-fintech partnerships.
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October 8, 2024
On October 4, 2024, Scott A. Brown presented at the Blue Rock Conference in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The session focused on the current mergers and acquisitions landscape, especially related to mutual holding company transactions, a summary of recent Supreme Court cases and its impact on community banks and the FTC’s proposed ban on non-competition agreements.
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October 2, 2024
On October 1, 2024, Brendan Clegg presented on key bank regulatory and enforcement updates at the 2024 North Carolina Management Forum in Greensboro, North Carolina. The session focused on recent landmark decisions by the Supreme Court that will affect bank relationships with their supervisors, as well as new merger policy statements from the FDIC and OCC, proposed rules related to brokered deposits and bank-fintech partnerships, and pending BSA/AML regulatory changes. Brendan then moderated a panel comprised of senior examination staff from the OCC, FDIC, and Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, discussing a variety of supervisory and examination hot topics.
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September 27, 2024
On September 20, 2024, Scott A. Brown participated in the State and Federal Legislative and Regulatory Update panel at the Connecticut Bankers Association 2024 Annual Conference in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The session focused on certain current federal matters impacting community banks, including a summary of recent Supreme Court cases, the current mergers and acquisitions landscape and the FTC’s ban on non-competition agreements.
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