Trump Signs Cybersecurity Executive Order
President Trump today signed a long-awaited executive order directing federal agencies to increase their efforts to mitigate cyber risks.
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Puerto Rico Bank’s TARP Repayment Brings Treasury Profits to $30.7 Billion
The Treasury Department announced today that San Juan, P.R.-based First BanCorp, the largest remaining bank in the Troubled Asset Relief...
CFPB Seeks Information on Small Business Lending Market
As it prepares to implement Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau this morning issued a...
Nichols: Reg Relief is About Helping Customers, Communities
As the banking industry continues to work toward the goal of regulatory relief, ABA President and CEO Rob Nichols today...
ABA Calls on Congress to Pursue National Data Protection Standards
In response to the ever-increasing threat of data breaches and cyber fraud, ABA today called on Congress to pursue national...
ABA: CU Alternate Capital Proposal ‘Inconsistent’ with Charter
ABA today wrote to the National Credit Union Administration opposing NCUA’s advanced notice of proposed rulemaking to extend the types...
House Republicans Press Yellen on CCAR Transparency, Efficiency
A group of House Republicans led by Reps. Blaine Luetkemeyer (Mo.) and Keith Rothfus (Pa.) today wrote to Federal Reserve...
Senate Passes 2017 Spending Bill with ABA-Sought Provisions
The Senate today passed the trillion-dollar spending bill for the remainder of fiscal year 2017.
Financial Choice Act Clears House Committee
The House Financial Services Committee today voted to advance the Financial Choice Act, Chairman Jeb Hensarling’s (R-Texas) sweeping, 600-page bill...
Omnibus Spending Bill Includes ABA Farm Loan Priorities
The House today passed a $1 trillion compromise spending bill that funds the government through the end of the fiscal...
