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United States. In the United States, a bank holding company, as provided by the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. § 1841 et seq.), is broadly defined as "any company that has control over a bank". [2] All bank holding companies in the US are required to register with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
President Bill Clinton's signing statement for the GLBA summarized the established argument for repealing Glass–Steagall Section's 20 and 32 in stating that this change, and the GLBA's amendments to the Bank Holding Company Act, would "enhance the stability of our financial services system" by permitting financial firms to "diversify their product offerings and thus their sources of revenue ...
Sen. Carter Glass (D–Va.) and Rep. Henry B. Steagall (D–Ala.-3), the co-sponsors of the Glass–Steagall Act. The sponsors of both the Banking Act of 1933 and the Glass–Steagall Act of 1932 were southern Democrats: Senator Carter Glass of Virginia (who by 1932 had served in the House and the Senate, and as the Secretary of the Treasury); and Representative Henry B. Steagall of Alabama ...
Sept. 21, 2008: Investment banks Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs convert to bank holding companies for access to the Fed's discount window a day after President Bush pressures Congress to approve ...
The OCC's action relied on a "loophole" in the Bank Holding Company Act (BHCA) that meant a company only became a "bank holding company" supervised by the Federal Reserve Board if it owned a "bank" that made "commercial loans" (i.e., loans to businesses) and provided "demand deposits" (i.e., checking accounts). A "nonbank bank" could be ...
The Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. § 1841, et seq.) is a United States Act of Congress that regulates the actions of bank holding companies.. The original law (subsequently amended), specified that the Federal Reserve Board of Governors must approve the establishment of a bank holding company and that bank holding companies headquartered in one state are banned from acquiring a ...
The 2007–2008 financial crisis caused Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to "abandon their status as investment banks" by converting themselves into "traditional bank holding companies", thereby making themselves eligible [51] to receive billions of dollars each in emergency taxpayer-funded assistance. [52]
Morgan Stanley [4] is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered at 1585 Broadway in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.With offices in 41 countries and more than 75,000 employees, the firm's clients include corporations, governments, institutions, and individuals. [2]