By a bipartisan 286-140 vote, the House today passed H.R. 685, a bill introduced by Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-Mich.) that would provide needed clarifications on the Qualified Mortgage rule’s points and fees test as part of ABA’s Agenda for America’s Hometown Banks. The bill would help bankers better meet the credit needs of their communities, ABA said in a letter on Monday.
The CFPB proposed a new rule to expand existing federal protections for consumer data to certain activities by data brokers.
The new Q&As cover key implementation topics such as the use of the digital sign and placement of the official sign in bank branches, the agency said.
The top lawmakers on the House Financial Services Committee introduced a bill that would direct regulators to study the potential benefits and risks of AI in the financial and housing markets and propose possible regulations.
ABA has added six banks to the ABA NASDAQ Community Bank Index. The index includes 248 community banks with $240.4 billion in market capitalization.
The Financial Stability Board recently released its 2024 list of global systemically important banks. The list identifies 29 G-SIBs, the same as last year.
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision unanimously reaffirmed their expectation that participating countries implement all aspects of the Basel III framework in full, “consistently and as soon as possible."
