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 federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's credit card late fee rule, pausing it from being implemented days before it was meant to go live.
May 13 -
Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., is asking the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to withdraw a corporate governance guidance proposal as FDIC Chair Martin Gruenberg is set to testify in Congress later this week.
May 13 -
When the Trump tax cuts expire next year, the White House will ask for higher corporate taxes and a buyback tax as Congress enters one of its biggest economic fights of the decade, which will have major implications for bankers.
May 10 -
The next major chance the lawmakers could have on the so-called "swipe fee" legislation will come next year as Congress looks toward a tax package.
May 9 -
The House advanced a resolution that would roll back a Securities and Exchange Commission resolution that banks argue cuts them out of the crypto custodying business, but President Biden said he would veto it if it passes the Senate.
May 9 -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chair Martin Gruenberg will testify next week in Congress. Those hearings — which will come after the publication of a bombshell report detailing widespread misconduct at the agency — could signal whether he has a future at the FDIC.
May 8 -
An independent examination of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. workplace culture revealed an atmosphere of sexual harassment, discrimination and misconduct at the agency and raised the need for significant reforms.
May 7 -
The full House is scheduled to vote Wednesday on a Congressional Review Act resolution that would overturn a staff accounting bulletin from the Securities and Exchange Commission. Banks argue that the guidance would effectively cut them out of the crypto custody business.
May 7 -
Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., is introducing a bill to establish an Office of Supervisory Appeals at each of the banking regulators that would give banks more power over the appeals process.
May 7 -
House Republicans held a subcommittee hearing on reforming bank merger M&A, laying the groundwork to counter Biden administration efforts to make it more difficult for mergers to be approved.
May 1
