ABA-Opposed Revenue Raisers Still in Play in Senate Highway Bill

A market structure bill for digital assets threatens to weaken the financial ecosystem supporting Hispanic-owned businesses by spurring the migration of deposits from federally insured financial institutions to cryptocurrency platforms that don’t offer lending, the U.S. Hispanic Chamber...

The FDIC released guidance with steps intended to provide regulatory relief to financial institutions and facilitate recovery in areas of Louisiana and Mississippi affected by severe weather.

The FDIC’s 2% Designated Reserve Ratio was developed using information available during the financial crisis. Subsequent experience and structural changes in the banking system raise the question of whether the original calibration remains appropriate today.

Should the denominator reflect the assessment base? A technical analysis

The latest version of a proposed market structure bill for digital assets still puts at risk the local lending that drives economic activity in the U.S, ABA and five other banking sector associations said in a joint statement.

A major bank policy bill passed by the House includes language to help smaller community development financial institutions and require annual reports to Congress on the state of the CDFI Fund.