Claire Williams

In an exclusive poll, 44% of American Banker readers backed former President Donald Trump's bid for the presidency but thought that current Vice President Kamala Harris had a better shot at winning.

Sen. Tim Johnson, a former three-term senator and five-term U.S. representative for South Dakota, died after complications from a recent stroke.

As political campaigns become more expensive and more complicated, meet the banks that have become the preferred financial institutions for the Republican and Democratic parties.

In their only vice presidential debate, Democratic nominee and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz talked about how housing should not be considered a "commodity," while Republican Sen. J.D. Vance tied housing shortages to illegal immigration and government regulation.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., told the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Reserve that they should more carefully oversee New York Community Bancorp, and consider official measures like raising capital ratios for the bank.

Lawmakers on the House Financial Services Committee touched on a number of issues overlapping with banking and the Securities and Exchange Commission, including SAB 121 and stablecoin legislation.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra joins the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s two Republican board members in opposing a revamped Basel III endgame proposal, leaving the future of the nascent plan uncertain.

President Joe Biden, in a speech emphasizing the progress made on the economy during his administration, said he has never called Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell during his time as president.

Fintech app Yotta filed a lawsuit against partner bank Evolve, arguing that it conspired with Synapse to misuse customer funds.

A huge amount of money has flowed into the election from cryptocurrency interests, setting up a different financial policy scene, including for bankers, next year.