Joint Release/Agencies Extend Next Resolution Plan Filing Deadline for Certain Domestic and Foreign Banks — 2017-09-28

Agencies Extend Next Resolution Plan Filing Deadline for Certain Domestic and Foreign Banks The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation today extended the next resolution plan filing deadline for eight large domestic banks by one year to July 1, 2019. The extension will provide the time needed for firms to remediate any weaknesses identified in their July 2017 submissions and to prepare and improve their next resolution plan submissions. Resolution plans, required by the Dodd-Frank Act and commonly known as living wills, describe an institution's strategy for rapid and orderly resolution under bankruptcy in the event of material financial distress or failure. Resolution plans of foreign banking organizations are focused on their U.S. operations. The agencies continue to explore ways to improve the resolution planning process and believe it is worthwhile to consider extending the cycle for living will submissions from annual to once every two years.