As an aftermath of the 2007-12 global financial crisis the International community unanimously opted to protect the global financial system through preventing the failures of SIFIs. The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision introduced new regulations (known as Basel III) that also specifically target SIFIs. The main focus of the regulations is to increase bank capital requirements and to introduce capital surcharges for systemically important banks. However, some economists have warned that the tighter Basel III capital regulation, which is primarily based on risk-weighted assets, may further negatively affect the stability of the financial system.

Adding to the already intense regulations in the banking sector, the Federal Reserve intends to impose new stricter norms on the U.S. banking giants. On Tuesday, Fed Governor Daniel K. Tarullo released a statement, giving an update on the Fed's advancement towards the Dodd-Frank Act that started over four years back and outlined some important forthcoming "regulatory and supervisory priorities" to act upon the concerns arising from the "too big to fail" banks and systemic risk. The testimony was prepared for a hearing before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate.

Of the 29 global systemically important banks ('GSIBs') identified by the Financial Stability Board ('FSB'), there are 8 U.S. banks - The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ( GS ), Citigroup Inc. ( C ), Bank of America Corp. ( BAC ), Wells Fargo & Company ( WFC ), JPMorgan Chase & Co. ( JPM ), Morgan Stanley ( MS ), The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. ( BK ) and State Street Corp. ( STT ). An updated list will release on Nov 2014. On Tuesday, Daniel Tarullo, the Fed governor who oversees regulatory policies is expected to announce new capital requirements for what the central bank calls global systemically important banks (GSIBs)