Stress Tests news and trends

Fed Weighs In On Bank Liquidity Ratio (And Other) Changes
Bank Regulation // November 05, 2018

Roughly a decade on, is it time to remove some of the rules governing the financial sector that took shape in the aftermath of the Financial Crisis of 2008? To that end, the Federal Reserve proposed last week that some rules be relaxed for 16...

Blue Apron A (Possible) Tech IPO Fizzle
Sizzle/Fizzle // June 30, 2017

Yes, Thursday was a tough day in the stock market, but Blue Apron’s flat performance is no sizzle — might this be a fizzly line in the sand for tech IPOs? In the meantime, and elsewhere in the land of Sizzle/Fizzle, cash continues to shine, pouring...

Credit Cards Top The Risks List In Fed Stress Tests
Report // June 26, 2017

The Federal Reserve’s most recent annual stress test — the Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review — revealed that credit cards rank at the top of the risk list for banks’ potential losses. According to a Wall Street Journal report, the Fed’s hypothetical recession calculation has banks projecting...

How Banks Fared On The Fed’s Stress Test
Payment Methods // June 30, 2016

The Federal Reserve unveiled the results of its stress test Wednesday—an exercise more commonly known as the Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review, and the annual gauge of the financial health of the nation’s biggest banks. By most measures, the results were positive ones, as noted...

Interviews & Exclusives
Blue Apron A (Possible) Tech IPO Fizzle

June 30, 2017
Yes, Thursday was a tough day in the stock market, but Blue Apron’s flat performance is no sizzle — might this be a fizzly line in the sand for tech IPOs? In the meantime, and elsewhere in the land of Sizzle/Fizzle, cash continues to shine, pouring forth from shiny ATMs, while Capital One might be, well, a bit stressed.

Quick Reads
Bitcoin Daily: Fed Reserve Could Add Bitcoin To Stress Tests; Thai SEC Bans 3 Cryptos

March 04, 2019
The U.S. Federal Reserve has announced amendments to a policy statement on the scenario design framework for stress testing, which could soon include a potential cryptocurrency market crash as one of the market risks. In a document published on the Federal Reserve website, the board of governors revealed amendments to a policy statement, stating that “the collapse […]

Credit Cards Top The Risks List In Fed Stress Tests

June 26, 2017
The Federal Reserve’s most recent annual stress test — the Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review — revealed that credit cards rank at the top of the risk list for banks’...

Wall Street’s Brexit Warning

June 21, 2016
Ahead of the anticipated (feared?) Brexit vote later this week, a number of U.S. banks have sent a shot across the bow to regulators detailing how Britain’s decision to leave...