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There are new regulations being floated about concerning how to handle a "big bank" failure. Barney Frank on the House side will take up debate on U.S. Treasury Secretary Geithner's proposals for dealing with a new banking crisis.
The real elephant on the table is the fact that as it stands now, the largest banks are organized into bank holding companies, which stand outside current powers. Yes, at present the FDIC can move in and seize a bank, run it for a while before winding them down.The power to seize a major bank is so far not under FDIC authority. Under the Treasury's proposals, such authority would become law for what they call a "systemically important institution." Of course the key question is which banks would be termed "systemically important institutions."
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