This easy-to-read guidebook is designed for lawyers who are new to banking law or are very seasoned practitioners who on occasion need to research banking law issues. The focus of the guidebook is to show how major bank regulations are structured and how they apply to different types of institutions and holding companies.

This two-volume resource is a thorough guide to legislative regulatory & court actions covering every major area of banking including international banking, securities, activities by banks, bank holding companies, & successful banking transactions with the most comprehensive review & analysis available on the laws & regulations governing banking practices in the United States.Banking law is more complex now than at any time in history. Federal enactments such as the Financial Institutions Reform Recovery & Enforcement Act of 1989 & the 1991 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act have moved the regulation of banking to its most intrusive level ever.

With its refined, updated Third Edition, Banking Law and Regulation again takes its place as the most effective foundation text available on the law surrounding traditional commercial banks and other depository institutions. the new edition builds on the comprehensive yet concise approach on which instructors have come to depend. As before, The Third Edition: explains the nature, content, and scope of the rules that regulate banking in ways that make the material meaningful and relevant to students encompasses the history, regulation, regulatory powers, and globalization of financial institutions examines the role of the bank in modern society including explorations of policy implications makes enlightening connections between traditional commercial banks and other depository institutions employs an effective cases-and-notes pedagogy that blends clear introductions to legal concepts with a mixture of rhetorical and problem-like questions begins with a strong introductory history and overview of banking, nontraditional depository institutions, and banking regulation, giving students a solid foundation on which to build their understanding provides regular updates through an annual Statutory Supplement addressing recent developments and new cases In the New Edition - a wide variety of changes, improvements, and updates, including: a new co-author, Richard Scott Carnell, who draws on his expertise in both legal practice and teaching revised chapters on Securities Powers of Banking Institutions and International Banking, that cover these crucial topics more accessibly an expanded index for quicker access to specific coverage the latest cases and changes in the law, especially the Gramm-Leach-Biley Act of 1999 updated coverage of antitrust and other important legislative developments

Covers several aspects of bank holding companies, from permissible activities through operations. This book addresses such significant subjects as the Federal Reserve Board's supervisory framework for complex banking organizations, including guidance concerning capital adequacy; enhanced enforcement authority of federal regulators, and more.