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This report begins with a brief outline of the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 (CRA) statute and the regulations. It also assesses the costs and the benefits of the 1977 act. The report then turns to regulatory agencies' recent CRA compliance rules. The two last sections of the report briefly summarize the provisions of the Community Reinvestment Modernization Act of 2007 and conclude with some implications.

This report contains the proposals for change on the federal deposit and share insurance.

This report begins with a brief outline of the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 (CRA) statute and the regulations. It also assesses the costs and the benefits of the 1977 act. The report then turns to regulatory agencies' recent CRA compliance rules. The two last sections of the report briefly summarize the provisions of the Community Reinvestment Modernization Act of 2007 and conclude with some implications.

This report provides a brief examination of some of the regulatory issues surrounding the most important of the European Union's financial services directives from the EU and the U.S. perspectives, using the same basic format for each directive. The report also examines two new additional financial services standards-- the International Accounting Standards and the Base II Capital Accord-- that are to be adopted in conjunction with the FSAP.

This report begins with a brief background of the check truncation issue, including a brief legislative history of the Check 21 Act.

This report discusses legislative issues regarding check truncation, which occurs when the check is stopped before it reaches the paying bank and the check clearing process is completed electronically. The United States banking system processes approximately 42.5 billion checks annually, but only a fraction of these checks is processed electronically by check truncation.

This reports examines the how check cashers work within the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), along with legalization warrant, and event updates.

Der Report vergleicht die wichtigsten Gesetzentwürfe zur Änderung der Handelsgesetze der USA aus der 1. Sitzungsperiode des 99. Kongresses (1985) und die Haltung der Regierung dazu. Es handelt sich um Änderungsvorschläge zu den Sektionen 201 und 301 des Handelsgesetzes von 1974, zu Ausgleichszoll- und Anti-Dumping-Regelungen sowie zur Exportförderung, um Vorschläge zu den GATT-Verhandlungen und zur Reform des internationalen Währungssystems. Die Gesetzentwürfe zielen auf die abnehmende Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der US-Industrie, das hohe Leistungsbilanzdefizit und die ausländischen Handelshemmnisse für US-Exporte. Deutlich wird das Spannungsverhältnis zwischen Kongreß und Präsident in der Frage zusätzlicher gesetzlicher Festlegungen vs. politische Handlungsfreiheit der Regierung. (SWP-Spb)