ABA Seeks Additional Tweak to MSRB Rule Exception
In comments filed with the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board this week, ABA welcomed the MSRB’s acknowledgement of ABA concerns about...
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House Panel Passes Eight ABA-Backed Bills
The House Financial Services Committee today advanced eight ABA-backed regulatory reform bills, including several that ABA and the state bankers...
Newsbytes Podcast: The Separation of Banking and…Coffee?
On the latest episode of the ABA Newsbytes Podcast, Evan Sparks and Shaun Kern discuss the CFPB's small-dollar lending rule,...
Gallup: Nearly Half of Americans Say Regulation Excessive
A 45 percent plurality of Americans say there is too much government regulation of business, according to a Gallup poll...
Survey: Three in Four U.S. Voters Say Tax Reform Should Be Priority for Congress
Nearly three-fourths of U.S. registered voters believe that passing tax reform should be the top or an important priority for...
CFTC Chief Commits to Keeping ‘De Minimis’ Threshold Through 2019
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission will keep the swap dealer de minimis threshold at $8 billion at least through the...
ABA Urges House Committee to Approve 10 Bills Tomorrow
In advance of the House Financial Services Committee’s plans to vote on several regulatory reform bills tomorrow and Friday, ABA...
Treasury Issues Recommendations on Capital Markets Regulatory Reform
As part of its ongoing response to President Trump’s executive order outlining core principles for financial regulation, the Treasury Department...
Top White House Official to Speak at ABA Convention
Gary Cohn -- director of the National Economic Council at the White House and one of President Trump’s top economic...
ABA Wins CFPB Exemption for ‘Accommodation Loans’
ABA won a helpful exemption in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s final small-dollar lending rule that protects banks’ ability to...
