The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System solicited comments on a proposal that would apply the existing Federal Reserve Board rating system for bank holding companies to savings and loan holding companies.

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the FDIC issued final rules that increase the number of small banks and savings associations that are eligible for an examination cycle extended from twelve to eighteen months.

The SEC charged two New Jersey-based traders with manipulating over two thousand NYSE- and NASDAQ-traded stocks.

The CFTC issued an order excluding institutions in the Farm Credit System from the definition of "commodity trading advisor." The CFTC explained that any trading advice offered by such institutions is "solely incidental to their primary lending business."

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau summarized its Fall 2016 regulatory agenda.