Trades Call for Increased Funding for NIST
ABA joined with trade groups representing several industries in a letter to lawmakers urging them to increase funding for the...
Policy
Trades Urge Lawmakers to Address Bias in CDFI Fund Allocation Process
Together with six financial trade associations, ABA today urged lawmakers to include in the upcoming appropriations bill language that would...
Nine Young Bankers Who Changed America: Alexander Hamilton
As a pioneer in U.S. commercial banking and the original architect of the young republic’s financial infrastructure, there has been...
ABA Urges Congress to Continue Funding for CDFIs
ABA today wrote to the heads of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees urging Congress to continue its support for...
Fed: Large Banks Would Remain Well-Capitalized Under Severe Stress
The largest U.S. banks collectively showed that they can withstand a severe economic downturn and continued to improve their capital...
ABA, Trade Groups Support Proposed CFPB Structural Change
In a joint financial trade association letter to House and Senate Appropriations Committee leadership today, ABA supported the inclusion of...
State Associations Call on Senate to Advance Reg Relief Legislation
As the debate over financial regulatory reform now shifts to the Senate, 52 state associations today called on Senate leadership...
Regulators to Support Further Reg Relief Measures in Hearing Tomorrow
The heads of the regulatory agencies are expected to endorse various proposals for regulatory relief tomorrow in a hearing in...
ABA Seeks Pause on Basel Transition Period
The American Bankers Association today wrote to the heads of the federal regulatory agencies requesting that regulators pause the Basel...
Fed’s Fischer: Government Backing of Housing Market Should Be Explicit, Not Implicit
Government guarantees of mortgage-related assets should be explicit, not implicit, Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer said in remarks today.
