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Comparing FDIC Quarterly Banking Profile: 137,729,743 Swaps in the first quarter of 2023 (+27.86% from same point in 2021--in the first quarter of 2021, there were 107,718,346 swaps).

With this uptick in swaps, it sure would be GREAT if CFTC was publishing swap data! Oh wait, they've hidden it...

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Deutsche refuses to pay maturity presentments for this issuer’s institutional certificate of deposit.

DTC received notification from Deutsche Bank Trust Company America, the MMI issuing/paying agent for OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKIN (OVR*), Deutsche refuses to pay maturity presentments for this issuer’s institutional certificate of deposit.

* Certificates of Deposit (CDs) are time-bound deposit accounts held at banks that typically offer a fixed interest rate in return for keeping the money deposited for a set period. * Deutsche Bank Trust Company America is acting as an MMI (Money Market Instrument) issuing/paying agent. * As a paying agent, it

FDIC held a CLOSED meeting at 3:12 pm yesterday to consider resolution activities.

New bank failure incoming? FDIC held a CLOSED meeting at 3:12 pm yesterday to consider matters related to the Corporation’s supervision, corporate, and resolution activities.

Back in July a similar meeting was held before it was announced Heartland Tri-State Bank of Elkhart, Kansas, was closed. Things that make you go hmmm... TLDRS: * FDIC held a CLOSED meeting yesterday about resolution matters that the public interest did not require consideration of the matters in a meeting