Claire Williams covers banking policy matters on Capitol Hill. She previously wrote about financial and economic policy for Morning Consult and earlier had stints at S&P Global and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
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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.
September 19 -
Reading the tea leaves this election for bank policy is more difficult than years past, experts say, but there are still hints about where former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris stand.
September 18 -
Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, and Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., seek to pass legislation to regulate cryptocurrency before the end of this Congress.
September 17 -
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., said in a letter to the American Bankers Association and the Chamber of Commerce that the banking industry gets a "free pass" in Community Reinvestment Act examinations.
September 16 -
A letter led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., urges bank regulators to crack down on banking as a service, while another led by Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., asks that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau more closely monitor buy now/pay later companies.
September 12 -
Vice President Kamala Harris sought to outline proposals on housing and a child tax credit, while former President Donald Trump highlighted an aggressive tariff plan.
September 10 -
A bill from Rep. Andy Barr, chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy, would make it harder for regulators to enter into international regulatory agreements like Basel III.
September 10 -
Vice President Kamala Harris could stoke a conflict between bankers and merchants over interchange fees as she targets high food prices as part of her presidential campaign.
August 23 -
Mehrsa Baradaran's new book "The Quiet Coup: Neoliberalism and the Looting of America" ties together economic history, an expertise in banking regulation and the perspective of someone who's both watched a country be torn apart by extremism and been inside the American political machine.
August 21 -
Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr says generative AI could present financial-stability risks if certain models are used ubiquitously.
August 20
