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Equity futures S&P7,568-0.09% Nasdaq28,227+0.35% Dow51,800-0.64% Rates 2-Year4.61%+3 bps 10-Year4.93%+4 bps SOFR3.95%+1 bps Credit & risk High Yield3.44%+18 bps Crude98.12+1.72% Bitcoin$77,020+0.45%
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Tuesday, November 3 · Lead Midterm vote decides who oversees the bank regulators Voters decide control of the House and Senate today, and with it who oversees the bank regulators from January. If Democrats retake the House, Rep. Maxine Waters would most likely lead the House Financial Services Committee, American Banker reported; its Republican chair, Rep. French Hill, is in a tight race against Democrat Chris Jones, Reuters said. A Democratic Senate would most likely put Sen. Elizabeth Warren in charge of the Banking Committee. Committee chairs can issue subpoenas and compel testimony. Capital requirements, merger approvals and bank supervision could all become subjects of hearings, American Banker reported. | ▸ | Contests for the gavels: Rep. Sean Casten, a vocal proponent of probing the Trump administration's crypto ties, may challenge Waters for the House chair, Punchbowl News reported. In Ohio, former Sen. Sherrod Brown could have a shot at leading the Banking Committee again if he beats Sen. Jon Husted and Democrats win the Senate. Crypto groups have spent more than $50 million to defeat Brown, Reuters said. | | ▸ | Crypto and the CLARITY Act: Trump-linked crypto activity, including the OCC's national trust charter for World Liberty Financial, is a prime oversight target, analysts told American Banker in September. Punchbowl News wrote that the outlook for the CLARITY Act, the crypto market-structure bill that failed a Senate procedural vote on September 15, is bleak in the 120th Congress. The new Congress convenes in January. |
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REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS The Federal Reserve's loan officer survey found banks tightened credit to small businesses and commercial real estate borrowers in the third quarter. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) issued supervisory relief on November 2 for storm-hit banks in Indiana and on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. The FDIC's inspector general traced a summer bank failure to a costly mortgage expansion. | ▸ | Loan officer survey: Banks tightened credit to small businesses and commercial real estate borrowers in the third quarter, and demand for business loans softened. The Federal Reserve's senior loan officer opinion survey, released November 2, found standards on commercial and industrial (C&I) loans to large and middle-market firms basically unchanged, while standards on C&I loans to small firms tightened. Banks also reported tighter standards and weaker demand for all commercial real estate (CRE) loans. The survey spans the quarter in which the Fed raised its target range on September 16; it held on October 28. The next decision is December 9. | | ▸ | Storm relief in Indiana and South Dakota: The FDIC issued two Financial Institution Letters on November 2. One covers areas of Indiana hit by storms, tornadoes and flooding; the other covers the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation. The agency encouraged banks in affected areas to work with borrowers by extending repayment terms, restructuring existing loans or easing terms on new credit, and said community development loans, investments and services that support recovery may receive favorable Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) consideration. It will also consider relief from certain filing and publishing requirements. Neither letter sets a deadline. |
| ▸ | Why Tioga-Franklin failed: The FDIC's Office of Inspector General said on October 30 that Tioga-Franklin Savings Bank failed in August because of the high costs of expanding its mortgage business. Weak earnings eroded the bank's condition and led to liquidity and capital problems, the watchdog found. The bank tried to bring in new investors but could not. |
INDUSTRY AND AI SIGNALS | ▸ | Oil after the Qeshm strikes: The US military carried out limited strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, which US officials described as defensive. Iran and the US are weighing proposals from mediators, Bloomberg reported. Reuters' Morning Bid said the strikes complicate hopes for diplomacy and left oil prices swinging. Crude futures rose about 1.5 percent to near $97.80 a barrel in pre-market trading, a day after Secretary of State Marco Rubio's remarks on diplomacy pushed them lower. The high-yield spread, the premium risky borrowers pay over Treasuries, widened about 18 basis points to 3.44 percentage points at Monday's close. The 10-year Treasury yield is 4.92 percent this morning, up 3 basis points. |
| ▸ | Anthropic's amended prospectus: Anthropic reported revenue of $17 billion for the three months ended September 30 in an amended Form S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on November 2. The amendment fills in figures its October 26 filing left blank, and CNBC said it shows purchase commitments of $895.4 billion. Some investors are pushing for a valuation closer to $1.5 trillion, the Wall Street Journal reported. Anthropic's listing has not priced. |
| ▸ | Bank limits on AI tools: Two large banks narrowed how AI may be used inside and around their accounts. Goldman Sachs has limited coding tools such as Anthropic's Claude Code and Microsoft's GitHub to its engineers under internal guidance published last month, after months of letting bankers use them. Wells Fargo will hold customers liable for activity by an AI agent they have told to stop accessing their accounts unless they produce evidence of the revocation, American Banker said. That change takes effect November 24. |
POLITICAL & LEGISLATIVE | ▸ | Cyber information-sharing law: The American Bankers Association joined nearly three dozen associations in urging Congress to reauthorize the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act for another 10 years. The groups called the law vital in an era of AI-enabled cyber threats. |
WHAT'S COMING | ▸ | Accredited-investor exam: The SEC is set to publish today a notice on a potential designation that would let natural persons qualify as accredited investors by passing an exam that Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) would develop. The advance copy carries no criteria or comment date. |
ALSO NOTED | ▸ | The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) released CRA evaluations for 19 national banks and federal savings associations made public in October; six were rated Outstanding and 13 Satisfactory. | | ▸ | OpenAI has secured $11 billion toward its round, the Wall Street Journal reported. | | ▸ | Custodia Bank asked the Supreme Court to review the appeals court ruling against it in its Federal Reserve master-account case. | | ▸ | SBI invested $100 million in Erebor, the Thiel-backed stablecoin bank, Ledger Insights said. | | ▸ | Binance users have withdrawn nearly $5 billion since the exchange reopened after the October 29 hack, Finextra said. |
WHAT IT MEANS | ▸ | Committee control decides who questions the bank regulators from January. Under a Democratic majority, chairs could subpoena records and compel testimony on capital requirements, merger approvals, supervision and the OCC's trust charter for World Liberty Financial, the oversight topics American Banker's sources named. |
Dates That Matter NOV 3
today | Comments close: Transfer Agent Rules [SEC] | NOV 4
1d | Comments close: Extensions of Credit to Insiders [FDIC] · Loans to Executive Officers, Directors, and Principal Shareholders of Member Banks [FRB] · Proposal of Special Measure Prohibiting the Transmittal of Funds Regarding Transactions [FinCEN] | NOV 9
6d | Comments close: Political Contributions by Certain Investment Advisers [SEC] | NOV 18
15d | Comments close: Further Definition of “Swap”-Inclusions [CFTC] · Further Definition of “Swap” To Exclude Casino-Style Gambling Products [CFTC] | NOV 20
17d | Comments close: Rescission of Rule 14a-8's Federal Regulation of Shareholder Proposals and Amendments [SEC] |
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