Newsbytes Podcast: Fintech in Focus
We discuss top White House adviser Gary Cohn's newsmaking remarks at ABA's Annual Convention earlier this week, the OCC's positive new...
Policy
Sen. Markey Emphasizes Balancing Security Concerns in ‘Screen Scraping’ Debate
Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) weighed in today on the importance of security of customers' financial data when they share it...
Savarese: Banker Advocacy Is Making a Difference
In her year-in-review speech at the ABA Annual Convention today, outgoing ABA Chairman Dorothy Savarese highlighted the association's year of...
FHFA Director Watt, Treasury Exploring Options for GSE Capital Buffer
Declining capital buffers for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could leave the government-sponsored enterprises with little ability to absorb losses...
State Associations Call for Continued Bipartisan Work on Reg Reform
Fifty-one state bankers associations today wrote to members of the Senate Banking Committee encouraging lawmakers to continue pursuing the goal...
Top Trump Adviser Hints at $200 Billion-Plus for New SIFI Threshold
Congressional leaders and the Trump administration are working on a plan to raise the asset threshold for systemically important financial...
Cohn: President Close to Filling Community Bank Seat on Fed Board
The White House is close to naming a community banker to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, National Economic Council...
Revised OCC Exam Policy Aligns Ratings with CRA Purposes
The OCC has changed its Community Reinvestment Act supervision policies to ensure a “logical nexus” between banks’ CRA-related activities and...
Rep. McHenry Introduces Credit Reporting Bill in Wake of Equifax Breach
As the fallout continues from the Equifax data breach, Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) yesterday introduced a bill making several changes...
ABA Offers Three Regulatory Fixes for Volcker Rule
In a letter to Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell today, ABA President and CEO Rob Nichols welcomed Powell’s commitment to...
