FHFA to Revisit Affordable Housing Goals for FHLBs
After hearing from Federal Home Loan Banks that uncertainty about affordable housing goals is limiting their mortgage purchases from member...
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Retail Sales Unchanged in April
There were $436.8 billion of food and retail sales in April (after adjustment of seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day...
ABA Seeks Clearer Guidance from FinCEN on Andorra Bank Proposal
In a comment letter filed this week, ABA and the Clearing House expressed their support to the Financial Crimes Enforcement...
Shelby’s Sweeping Financial Reform Bill Would Advance ABA Goals
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) today released a draft of a sweeping financial reform bill that would provide...
Chase Survey Finds More Education Needed on Chip Cards
Nearly two-thirds of consumers have not heard of chip card technology -- also known as EMV -- even though 80...
Curry Encourages Participation in Treasury’s SSBCI Program
Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry today encouraged bankers to participate in the Treasury Department’s State Small Business Credit Initiative,...
Gruenberg: Progress on Resolving SIFIs ‘Impressive,’ ‘Underappreciated’
In a speech today at a Washington, D.C., think tank, FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg described the “impressive” progress the FDIC...
ABA’s First ‘Take Your Lawmaker to Work Week’ Set for September
Bankers across the country will welcome their senators and representatives into their banks during “Take Your Lawmaker to Work Week”...
Small Business Optimism Rises in April
The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index rose to 96.9 in April, up 1.7 points from the previous month.
