Federal Financial Markets Service

• Attorneys General Endorse Consumer Protection Agency ; 2 Dozen Primarily Democrats

Two dozen state attorneys general have asked Congress to quickly draft legislation on an Obama administration proposal to create a new federal consumer protection agency to better regulate financial service markets. The group of mostly Democratic attorneys general from 23 states and Guam co-signed a letter sent Monday to members of Congress on the key financial committees that are considering the proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency.

• The Washington Times
• August 19, 2009

• Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Request-Study of Organizations Providing or Administering SNAP Incentives at Farmers' Markets

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice invites the public and other public agencies to comment on this proposed information collection. This is a revision to a previous data collection to understand better the shopping patterns of SNAP participants at farmers' markets. The purpose of this collection is for the Food and Nutrition Service to understand how private organizations operate Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) financial incentive programs for clients purchasing fruits and vegetables at farmers' markets. Information collected will be used to examine how these organizations design, operate, and evaluate incentive programs to encourage SNAP clients to shop for fruits and vegetables at farmers' markets. It will also assist in assessing how ...

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 9198, February 16, 2012
• Notices
• Food and Nutrition Service

• New Markets Tax Credit Program

This notice invites comments from the public regarding the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Program, which is jointly administered by the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). All materials submitted will be available for public inspection and copying.

• Federal Register Nbr. 76 FR 68841, November 07, 2011
• Notices
• Treasury Department

• Structural Reform of Financial Regulation

Preface - II. Original introduction - III. Designing an optimal regulatory system - A. Regulatory Objectives - B. Characteristics of an Optimal Regulatory System - C. Regulatory Strategies - D. Organization of the Regulatory System - IV. Canada’s regulatory system - A. Current Structure of Canada’s Regulatory System - B. Comments on Canada’s Regulatory System - V. Comparative analysis of the united kingdom, australia, united states, france, germany, the netherlands, and hong kong - A. The United Kingdom - B. Australia - C. The United States - 1. Current System - 2. Calls for Reform - 3. U.S. Treasury Blueprint for a Modernized Financial Regulatory Structure - a) Market Stability Regulation - b) Prudential Regulation - c) Business Conduct Regulation - D. France - E. Germany - F. Hong ...

• Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems
• Nbr. 19-3, January 2011

• Russia Newsletter - Recent Developments Of Russian Law - April 2011.

...The current version of the Federal Law "On the Organisation of Insurance Activity in ... the offices of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS Russia) to work out proposals for changes to ... Ministry of Finance, the Federal Financial Markets Service (FFMS, of which the insurance supe...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2011, January 2011

• Recent Developments of Russian Law.

... be found on the website of the Russian Service for Insurance Supervision. . An important conditio... Liability Companies", "On Securities Markets" and "On Protection of Investors' Rights and Lawfu... pricing mechanisms are used in the financial and commercial markets as well as to increase inve...The Federal Financial Markets Service (FFMS) proposes to under...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2010, January 2010

• Multi-rating choice determinants: evidence from Fitch, Moody's and Standard and Poor's ratings.

... the power of the rating agencies in the financial market is too great and supervisory authorities ar... (hereinafter Fitch), Moody's Investor Service (hereinafter Moody's) and Standard and Poor's (her... institutions (Hill, 2004) or capital markets (Millon & Thakor, 1985). The lack of disclosure of... of opinion in the credit rating industry, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, research paper n[degrees...

• Academy of Banking Studies Journal
• Vol. 10 Nbr. 2, July 2011

• Defining Larger Participants in Certain Consumer Financial Product and Service Markets

The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) is proposing a new regulation pursuant to section 1024 of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010. That provision grants the Bureau authority to supervise certain nonbank covered persons for compliance with Federal consumer financial laws and for other purposes. The Bureau has the authority to supervise nonbank covered persons of all sizes in the residential mortgage, private education lending, and payday lending markets. In addition, the Bureau has the authority to supervise nonbank ``larger participant[s]'' in markets for other consumer financial products or services. The Bureau must define such ``larger participants'' by rule, and such an initial rule must be issued by July 21, 2012. In this proposal, the Bureau proposes to d...

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 9592, February 17, 2012
• Proposed rules
• Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

• Alaska Business Monthly's 2011 corporate 100.

...Alaska USA Federal Credit Union PO Box 196613 Anchorage, AK 99519 Pho...Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. PO Box 196660, MS 542 Anchorage, AK 99519-6660...: 907-563-4567 Business Description: Financial Fax: 907-561-4857 services. www.alaskausa.org Comm... Thomas Maloney, Area Manager utilities markets. Community Involvement: CH2M HILL reaches out in t...

• Alaska Business Monthly
• Vol. 27 Nbr. 4, April 2011

• Corporate reputation management: Citibank's use of image restoration strategies during the U.S. Banking Crisis.

...The financial crisis in the United States, which led to the fail... specialize in intangible products or services (such as banks) to maintain a positive reputation....Treasury, the Federal Reserve Board, and the Federal Deposit Insurance C...In late summer 2007, after credit markets began to tighten up and values of Citi's Collatera...

• Journal of Organizational Culture, Communications and Conflict
• Vol. 15 Nbr. 2, July 2011