Bank mergers are expected to face increased scrutiny after the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Board of Directors approved a Final Statement of Policy (Final SOP) to its Bank Merger Transaction guidelines,

Federal banking regulators approved a new rule for bank mergers that will require additional scrutiny of mergers for antitrust issues for large and mid-sized banks.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. approved in a 3-to-2 vote on Tuesday a proposal that would make bank mergers more difficult by looking at a merger's effects on such things as financial risk, competition,

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s proposed rule aims to improve record keeping for custodial accounts, while the merger policy would increase regulatory scrutiny for combinations involving the largest banks.