Powell: Fed Tailoring Regs to Minimize Community Bank Impact
Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell today acknowledged that many post-financial crisis regulations not aimed at community banks are nonetheless affecting...
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Shelby’s Sweeping Financial Reform Bill Would Advance ABA Goals
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) today released a draft of a sweeping financial reform bill that would provide...
Gruenberg: Progress on Resolving SIFIs ‘Impressive,’ ‘Underappreciated’
In a speech today at a Washington, D.C., think tank, FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg described the “impressive” progress the FDIC...
ABA, Groups: Businesses Need Patent Reform
Financial institutions and other businesses need protection from abusive patent trolls, ABA and several trade groups said in a statement...
CFPB Declines Congressional Appeals for TILA-RESPA Grace Period
In an April 22 letter released today, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray declined congressional appeals to provide a...
Yellen Discusses Regulators’ Role in Financial Stability
Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen today broadly discussed the state of financial regulatory reform at a conference in Washington, D.C.
Analyst: Dodd-Frank to Reduce GDP by $900B over 10 Years
Complying with the Dodd-Frank Act is projected to reduce U.S. gross domestic product by $895 billion from 2016 to 2025,...
ABA-Supported Bill Would Delay Enforcement on TILA-RESPA Disclosures
Reps. Steve Pearce (R-N.M.) and Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) on Friday introduced H.R. 2213, which would provide lenders with a temporary...
ABA Continues Grassroots Push as 2,300 Letters to Congress Roll In
ABA’s newest grassroots alerts have resulted in more than 2,300 letters to members of Congress urging them to support or...
Reps. Neugebauer, Carney Introduce ABA-Backed Data Security Bill
Reps. Randy Neugebauer (R-Texas) and John Carney (D-Del.) today introduced the bipartisan Data Security Act (H.R. 2205), which would establish...
