News & Current Awareness

• American Banker Online
• Bank Lawyers Blog
• Banking Law Newsletters (Lexis)
• Banking News Articles (Lexis)
• Banking Report (BNA)
• Business Full Text
• Business Law Prof Blog
• Business Source Premier
• Finance & Banking News (WL)
• International Finance & Business Daily (BNA)
• law.com Newswire
• Securities Law Daily (BNA)
• Securities Regulation & Law Report (BNA)
• Wall Street Journal (Lexis)

 

 

Legal Treatises

• Banking Law (Lexis)
• Banks and Thrifts: Gov't Enforcement (Lexis)
• Consumer Financial Services (Westlaw)
• Corporate Practice Library (BNA)
• Lender Liability (Westlaw)
• RIA Securities Compliance Library (Westlaw)

General Research

• ABI/Inform
• BNA updates (all BU subscriptions)
• BU Law eResources
• BU Library Catalog
• Business Full Text
• Business Source Premier
• Current Index to Legal Periodicals
• EconLit
• Google Scholar
• Social Science Research Network (SSRN)

Law Reviews and Legal Journals

• Banking Law Review articles (Lexis)
• Current Index to Legal Periodicals
• Finance & Banking articles (Westlaw)
• Hein Online
• Index to Legal Periodicals
• LegalTrac

Federal Agencies & Government Documents

Agencies

• Comptroller of the Currency
  • OCC Laws and Regulations
• Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
• Department of theTreasury
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
• Federal Reserve Board
• Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC)
• Federal Trade Commission
• House Committee on Financial Services
• Office of Thrift Supervision became part of the OCC in July 2011
• Securities and Exchange Commission
• Senate Banking Committee
• USA.gov

Government Documents & Reports

• Financial Regulatory Reform: A New Foundation (Treasury White Paper)
• TARP Reports (Congressional Oversight Panel)
• Who Regulates Whom (CRS Report)

Private Organizations

• American Bankers Association
  • America's Community Bankers
  • Dodd-Frank Resources
• Conference of State Bank Supervisors
  • CSBS Legal Issues
• Credit Union National Association
  • Regulations & Compliance
• Fannie Mae
• Financial Services Roundtable
  • Dodd-Frank Implementation
• Freddie Mac
• Independent Community Bankers of America
• Mortgage Bankers Association
• Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA)
  • Regulatory Action Database (Dodd-Frank)
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce
  • Issues Center: Legal Reform

 

Foreign & International Information

• Basel Committee for Banking Supervision
• Basel II
• Basel III: Documents / Press Releases
• China: People's Bank of China (English)
• Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO)
• European Central Bank
• European Investment Bank
• EU Economic and Monetary Affairs
• EU Financial Services (Europa)
• Foreign Central Banks
• Germany: Deutsche Bundesbank (English)
• India: Reserve Bank of India
• International Monetary Fund
• Japan: Bank of Japan (English)
• United Kingdom: Bank of England
• The World Bank

 

 

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