The only agencies not represented are the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Office of Thrift Supervision.
The Office of Thrift Supervision was folded into this entity that has a single director.
Oversight of Raymond James Bank will shift to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, from the Office of Thrift Supervision.
The Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) closed IndyMac on July 11, 2008, and placed it under Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) receivership.
"With insufficient liquidity to meet its obligations, WaMu was in an unsafe and unsound condition to transact business, " the Office of Thrift Supervision said Thursday night.
The Office of Thrift Supervision considered WaMu well-capitalized on the day it was seized by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and its deposits and assets sold to JPMorgan.
Pretty much every regulator went for this view of risk the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Office of Thrift Supervision.
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AIG, for example, owned a tiny thrift which meant that the parent and the unit that produced its derivatives book were overseen by the Office of Thrift Supervision.
Since GE owns two Utah finance companies, it is now overseen by the Office of Thrift Supervision, the agency in charge of AIG and one not known for its stringent examinations.
You may remember that the RTC was set up by the Office of Thrift Supervision in the 1980s to deal with hundreds of insolvent thrifts who, like homeowners, got in way over their heads.
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In it the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve and the Office of Thrift Supervision merely asked that the banks establish a compliance program to ensure mortgages comply with the rules.
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In June, the Federal Reserve, joined by the Office of Controller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Office of Thrift Supervision, issued final guidance to promote and ensure sound incentive compensation and avoid imprudent risk-taking.
Third, how giant mortgage lenders such as Countrywide Financial switched regulators so to fall under the lax oversight of the Office of Thrift Supervision, which was funded by fees paid by the regulated banks (and which also supervised AIG's derivative unit).
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve and the Office of Thrift Supervision announced today a settlement with the 14 largest U.S. mortgage servicers including Bank of America, Citibank, HSBC, JPMorgan Chase, MetLife Bank, PNC, U.S. Bank, and Wells Fargo.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve and the Office of Thrift Supervision have spent the past few days completing the settlement, and the good news for homeowners is that the 14 servicers have agreed to pay back homeowners for losses from foreclosures or loans that were mishandled.
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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve and the Office of Thrift Supervision announced a separate settlement with 14 mortgage servicers including Bank of America, Citigoup, HSBC, JPMorgan Chase, MetLife Bank, PNC, U.S. Bank, and Wells Fargo that was little more than a slap on the wrist.
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With consistent regulation it is unlikely that we will need the five current regulatory groups--the Fed, Comptroller of the Currency, Office of Thrift Supervision, the FDIC and state banking regulators.
Just the hapless Office of Thrift Supervision will disappear.
Scheduled to testify Wednesday: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Sheila Bair, Comptroller of the Currency John Dugan, Office of Thrift Supervision Director John Dugan and Federal Reserve Governor Randall Kroszner.
Ms. MONTRICE GODARD YAKIMOV (Office of Thrift Supervision): I can't comment on the specifics of this complaint because it's under active investigation.
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