• General discussions regarding the regulatory capital rule proposals that were proposed by the Federal Reserve, FDIC and OCC. The rule proposals are "Regulatory capital rule: Amendments applicable to large banking organizations and to banking organizations with significant trading activity" and "Regulatory capital rule: Risk-Based Capital Surcharges for G-SIB Holding Companies; Systemic Risk Report (FR Y-15)" General discussions regarding regulatory climate proposals (FRB/FDIC/OCC joint proposed climate risk management guidance, FRB climate scenario analysis). General discussions related to international cyber protocols and regulations. General discussions regarding President Bidens Executive Order on U.S. outbound investment. General discussions regarding President Bidens Executive Order on artificial intelligence. General discussions regarding digital assets.
• General discussion of the SEC climate disclosure proposal. General discussions of extraterritorial implications of SEC rulemakings, including securities-based swaps large position reporting and securities lending. General discussion of the SEC proposals on equity market structure reform. General discussion of the SEC Treasury clearing proposal. General discussion of the SEC rulemaking agenda process. General discussion regarding foreign derivatives clearing organization requirements.
• General discussions related to the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).
• General discussions related to the stock buyback excise tax in the Inflation Reduction Act.

Duration: October 1, 2018 to present

General Issues: Banking, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Foreign Relations, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Accounting, Trade (Domestic & Foreign)

Spending: about $2,360,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2018: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Federal Reserve System, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury - Dept of, White House Office, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Natl Economic Council (NEC)

Affiliated organizations: BancWest

Related Foreign Entities: BNP Paribas SA (Paris , FRA); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%