MetLife says it's no longer bank holding company
February 14, 2013 by Associated Press
NEW YORK — InsurerMetLife Inc., which sold its bank deposits in January, says it is no longer a bank holding company.
MetLife says it received approval for theFederal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the board of governors of the Federal Reserve. It had been a bank holding company since 2001, and as a result it faced tougher regulation after the financial crisis and was subject to the Federal Reserve’s “stress tests,” which tested how banks would weather another serious downturn. The Fed has not allowedMetLife to increase its dividend or buy back shares.
MetLife sold$6.4 billion in bank deposits toGeneral Electric Co. in January.
The New York company reported its fourth-quarter results Wednesday afternoon, and said its net income plunged after it took $855 million in losses on derivatives
