The Albany Plan of Union was not a plan for independence; in fact, it still subjected the colonial governments to British control. However, many British and Americans still considered the plan too extreme, so it was ultimately never implemented.
DEFINITION of 'Regulation U' Regulation U is a Federal Reserve Board regulation that governs loans by entities involving securities as collateral and the purchase of securities on margin. Regulation U limits the amount of leverage that can be extended for loans secured by securities for the purpose of buying more securities.
Regulation B was issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to implement. the provisions of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA). The law was enacted in 1974 to make. it unlawful for creditors to discriminate in any aspect of a credit transaction on the basis of sex or. marital status.