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TD has been adjusting its balance sheet to comply with a cap on its U.S. retail banking assets, imposed last year as part of its money-laundering plea.
February 10
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Leading Republican lawmakers released two similar stablecoin bills last week, legislation that the White House wants finished quickly. Here are four issues banks need to watch as the bills move forward.
February 10
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President Donald Trump has recruited Fiserv CEO Frank Bisignano and PayPal co-founder Elon Musk to streamline parts of the government. Their styles and experience could not be more different.
February 10
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Since August, Truist, KeyCorp and Goldman Sachs have granted one-time stock awards to certain executives they want to keep in place. One analyst wants shareholders to reject the bonuses, while consultants say there are valid reasons for banks to make the awards.
February 10
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Russell Vought, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new acting director, ordered staff to stop all work and closed the agency's headquarters for a week.
February 9
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A group of 19 state attorneys general have sued the Trump administration, alleging the Department of Government Efficiency's move is illegal. The injunction is pending a hearing Feb. 14.
February 8
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Newly-confirmed Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought, a key architect of Project 2025, has been charged with overseeing an agency Republicans have vowed to eliminate, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
February 7
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Hood, who chaired the National Credit Union Administration from 2019 until 2021, has been selected by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to serve as acting comptroller of the currency. Hood replaces acting OCC head Michael Hsu, who has led the agency since 2021.
February 7
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Representatives of the first nonbranch team at the bank to unionize alleged in a charge filed with the National Labor Relations Board that actions to stymie collective bargaining constitute unfair labor practices.
February 7
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Titi Cole, a former executive at Citigroup, is now on the company's board of directors; Citizens Financial Group has formed a trust subsidiary as part of its wealth management and private bank expansion efforts; shareholders of Atlantic Union Bankshares and Sandy Spring Bancorp approved the two companies' planned merger; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
February 7
