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...
Policy
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...
Inaugural Podcast: Equifax, Basel Simplification, Community Bankers Council and More
On the inaugural episode of the ABA Newsbytes Podcast, co-hosts Evan Sparks and Shaun Kern discuss the Equifaxtravaganza on Capitol...
ABA Applauds Bill to Raise Funding for FSA Programs
The American Bankers Association today expressed support for legislation introduced by Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) that would increase the lending...
Trade Groups Applaud Bipartisan Action to Codify ‘Valid-When-Made’ Doctrine
ABA and 10 other banking, business and online lending trade associations today wrote to members of the House and Senate...
Senate Confirms Quarles as Fed’s Top Bank Regulator
The Senate today voted to confirm Randal Quarles as the first-ever vice chairman for supervision of the Federal Reserve Board...
Treasury Recommends Revoking, Modifying Tax Regulations
The Treasury Department today released a report on regulatory burden in the tax code.
House Passes ABA-Backed Liquidity Bill
The House today passed H.R. 1624, a bipartisan, ABA-backed bill that would expand banks’ ability to count municipal securities as...
