Ian McKendry is the Congress reporter for American Banker. He previously covered the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., anti-money laundering and cybersecurity. Before joining American Banker he was an economic reporter for Market News International.
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Despite his loss in the New York primary on Tuesday, Sen. Ted Cruz is fighting hard to win the Republican nomination. But eliminating the CFPB could be an even tougher challenge if he is eventually elected president.
By Ian McKendryApril 20 -
Despite his loss in the New York primary on Tuesday, Sen. Ted Cruz is fighting hard to win the Republican nomination. But eliminating the CFPB could be an even tougher challenge if he is eventually elected president.
By Ian McKendryApril 20 -
WASHINGTON Several Democratic senators are calling for the Government Accountability Office to investigate whether financial technology companies are properly regulated.
By Ian McKendryApril 18 -
Democratic presidential hopefuls Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton both emphasized during a late Thursday debate that they are prepared to break up megabanks that pose a systemic risk to the U.S. economy, but also showed there are differences in how they approach "too big to fail."
By Ian McKendryApril 14 -
Credit unions watching closely as they wait to see what sort of supplemental capital proposal will come out of the National Credit Union Administration.
By Ian McKendryApril 14 -
WASHINGTON The House passed a bill 247-171 on Thursday that would raise the threshold for a Federal Reserve Board exemption that helps banks raise Tier 1 capital.
By Ian McKendryApril 14 -
House Republicans moved two bills through committee on Wednesday that would each roll back key provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act.
By Ian McKendryApril 13 -
WASHINGTON The House passed a bill Tuesday that would create a new bankruptcy system for large financial institutions.
By Ian McKendryApril 12 -
WASHINGTON The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. should rethink the review process for big banks' resolution plans, the Government Accountability Office said in a report released Tuesday.
By Ian McKendryApril 12 -
Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and nine other Democrats are attempting to block a go-around they say payday lenders use to avoid complying with state laws.
By Ian McKendryApril 7 -
Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., sent a letter to the Treasury Department on Thursday urging an investigation into whether any U.S. or U.S.-linked entities are associated with the Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca & Co. and its schemes to help wealthy individuals and businesses evade taxes and launder money.
By Ian McKendryApril 7 -
Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has made reining in the shadow banking system a focal point of her campaign platform, but there are fears that doing so could come with a high price tag for the U.S. economy.
By Ian McKendryApril 7 -
LAS VEGAS Office of the Comptroller of the Currency chief Thomas Curry said Thursday that banks have reached a do-or-die moment and it is up to them to keep up and outinnovate nonbank rivals.
By Paul DavisApril 7 -
Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has made reining in the shadow banking system a focal point of her campaign platform, but there are fears that doing so could come with a high price tag for the U.S. economy.
By Ian McKendryApril 6 -
GOP lawmakers and witnesses at a Senate Banking Committee hearing pointedly criticized the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday, setting the stage for a likely contentious hearing with the agency's director later in the week.
By Ian McKendryApril 5 -
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew warned Wednesday that over using economic sanctions could saturate their potency, driving commerce away from the U.S. and threatening the U.S. dollar's status as the worlds reserve currency.
By Ian McKendryMarch 30 -
WASHINGTON Congress should consider streamlining the financial regulatory structure and give the Financial Stability Oversight Council broader authority to respond to systemic risks, according to a Government Accountability Office report published this week.
By Ian McKendryMarch 29 -
If the general election comes down to Hillary Clinton against Donald Trump, many community bankers are uncertain whom they will back. They fear Clinton will continue the regulatory crackdown against the industry, but are unsure what plans Trump would put in motion.
By Ian McKendryMarch 29 -
WASHINGTON Four Democratic senators sent a letter on Thursday to federal financial regulators asking for clear guidance on how banks can serve the marijuana industry.
By Ian McKendryMarch 24 -
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew cast doubt Tuesday on whether recent moves by large nonbank firms to sell assets were driven by a desire to shed their regulatory label of "systemically important."
By Ian McKendryMarch 22
