ABA urges federal agencies to ease regulatory burden on banks
ABA submitted a list of recommendations for banking agencies as they conduct a congressionally mandated review of regulations, with the...
Policy
Trump nominates Plankey to lead CISA
President Trump nominated Sean Plankey to be director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, which is part of the...
House approves stopgap funding bill
The House approved legislation to fund the federal government through September. The bill now heads to the Senate.
ABA outlines three principles to guide stablecoin regulation
In comments to lawmakers, ABA offered three principles to guide the establishment of a regulatory framework for payment stablecoins.
ABA banker testifies on importance of Farm Bill, ACRE Act to ag economy
Passage of the 2025 Farm Bill and the proposed ACRE Act would provide much-needed assistance to farmers, ranchers and rural...
ABA, associations: House bill to cap credit card rates would hurt consumers
A House bill that would cap credit cards’ annual percentage rate at 10% would severely restrict the availability of such...
FinCEN issues southwest border geographic targeting order
FinCEN ssued a geographic targeting order requiring all money services businesses located in 30 ZIP codes in California and Texas...
OCC withdraws policy on bank engagement with cryptocurrency
The OCC published an interpretive letter rescinding the agency’s policy on bank engagement with cryptocurrency “to reaffirm that a range...
Fed’s Powell: Uncertainty remains around effects of Trump policies
The potential shape and economic effects of the Trump administration’s policies on trade, immigration, fiscal policy and regulation remain uncertain,...
ABA DataBank: U.S. grain prices fall with tariff uncertainty
Prices for agricultural commodities, including corn, soybean and wheat, fell sharply due to retaliatory tariffs.
