ABA staff recently met with officials at the Treasury Department, which is in the process of issuing recommendations related to capital markets regulatory reform in response to President Trump’s executive order on core principles for financial regulation.

Several bills pending in Congress represent “sensible regulatory changes” that will help banks of all sizes grow the economy, wrote California Bankers Association President and CEO Simone Lagomarsino in an Orange County Register op-ed today.

ABA today submitted comments on a recent joint proposal by regulators to pause the transition to the Basel III capital framework for banks not using the Basel advanced approaches.

The American Bankers Association continued its call to Congress and policymakers to “unleash America’s potential” with a print ad in the Washington Post today.

ABA today expressed support for the Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustments Act (H.R. 2954), which would relieve smaller financial institutions from intrusive and ill-suited data reporting requirements.

While the Federal Reserve recently announced a proposal to streamline its supervisory expectations for large bank boards of directors, Governor Jerome Powell today said that regulators will continue to “expect much more of board directors than ever before.”

Speaking to the annual monetary policy conference in Jackson Hole, Wyo., today, Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen offered a broad defense of the post-financial crisis regulatory framework but embraced “appropriate adjustments” as the economy and global landscape evolve.

With the European Union contemplating more stringent regulatory capital rules for U.S. and non-EU headquartered systemically important financial institutions, Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.) today wrote to Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen urging the Fed to reevaluate its own regulatory treatment of international banks.

A conversation with congressional financial technology leader Randy Hultgren.