NCUA’s Harper Seeks Comments on Proposal for Consumer Compliance Exams
As part of the National Credit Union Administration’s 2020-21 budgeting process, NCUA Board Member Todd Harper is requesting public comment...
Policy
USDA Releases Interim Final Rule Providing Clarity on Hemp Production
The United States Department of Agriculture today issued a long-awaited interim final rule establishing new regulations and procedures for the...
Leader of the Pod
Meet Puget Sound banker Laurie Stewart, who is chairing ABA in 2019-20.
Szyperski Urges Bank Leaders to Engage Employees in Advocacy
Outgoing ABA Chairman Jeff Szyperski issued a rallying call to bankers to “get whole organization involved” in grassroots advocacy.
Nichols Op-Ed: California Public Banks Would Be ‘Solution in Search of a Problem’
In a San Francisco Chronicle op-ed today, ABA President and CEO Rob Nichols warned that California’s municipalities should avoid chartering...
ABA HSA Council Supports Bill to Extend Services Covered by HSAs
The American Bankers Association’s Health Savings Account Council today wrote to House Ways and Means Committee leaders urging them to...
GAO: Fed’s Large Bank Guidance Constitutes a Rule
The Government Accountability Office this week found that the two of the Federal Reserve’s guidance documents on large bank supervision—which...
House Passes ABA-Advocated AML Modernization Bill in Bipartisan Vote
The House today voted to pass the ABA-backed Corporate Transparency Act (H.R. 2513). The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Carolyn Maloney...
DOL Proposes Expanded Use of Electronic Delivery for Plan Documents
The Labor Department has issued its much-awaited proposal that would modernize retirement disclosures by providing a new safe harbor for...
Federal Judge Blocks OCC’s ‘Fintech Charter’
A federal judge in New York yesterday blocked the OCC from issuing charters to non-depository special-purpose national banks, as the...
