Banking/Addendum

United States Banking Legislation

(1864-1999 data is abridged from the FDIC's "Important Banking Legislation" [1])

• National Bank Act of 1864

Established a national banking system and the chartering of national banks.

• Federal Reserve Act of 1913

Established the Federal Reserve System

• Amendment of the National Banking Laws and the Federal Reserve Act

(also known as The McFadden Act) Prohibited interstate banking.

• Banking Act of 1933 .

(also known as the Glass-Steagall Act). Created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Separated commercial banking from investment banking.

• Bank Holding Company Act of 1956

Required Federal Reserve Board approval for the establishment of a bank holding company. Prohibited bank holding companies in one state from acquiring a bank in another state.

• International Banking Act of 1978 .

Brought foreign banks within the federal regulatory framework. Required deposit insurance for branches of foreign banks engaged in retail deposit taking in the U.S.

• Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980
• Depository Institutions Act of 1982

(also known as Garn-St Germain). Expanded FDIC powers to assist troubled banks.

• Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999

Repealed the Glass Steagall Act of 1933, and introduced other changes including expanding the Federal Home Loan Bank System.

• Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009[2]

Reserve ratios

(Bank equity, per cent of assets)

	1880	1920	1940	1980	2005
United States	24	11	10	5
United Kingdom	11	5	5	5	4

(Source: Andrew Haldane Banking on the State, Bank for International Settlements[3])