John Heltman is the Washington Bureau Chief for American Banker. John previously edited American Banker Magazine and is the creator of American Banker's narrative podcast Bankshot. He was awarded the Grand Neal, the top honor bestowed by the Jesse H. Neal Awards, in 2019 for his narrative podcast series Nobody’s Home, which examines the economic and social impact of concentrated vacant housing. He was also named the 2019 McAllister Editorial Fellow at Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. He is a 2005 graduate of St. Mary’s College of Maryland and lives in Baltimore, Md.
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The Financial Stability Oversight Council will face critical tests in 2016, including a lawsuit over its designation of MetLife as a systemically important nonbank and whether it will de-designate GE as a SIFI.
By John HeltmanJanuary 5 -
The Federal Reserve is looking for advice and insight into how it might improve its annual stress testing regime, but banks and industry observers say the central bank is unlikely to touch the aspect of the tests that bothers them most: its secrecy.
By John HeltmanDecember 28 -
The ease with which Congress was able to take money from the Federal Reserve to pay for a highway transportation bill by slashing the dividend the central bank pays large banks is likely to encourage lawmakers to take another dip into the Fed's books next year.
By John HeltmanDecember 22 -
The ease with which Congress was able to take money from the Federal Reserve to pay for a highway transportation bill by slashing the dividend the central bank pays large banks is likely to encourage lawmakers to take another dip into the Fed's books next year.
By John HeltmanDecember 22 -
Both banks and Wall Street critics support a new Fed proposal to implement a countercyclical capital buffer on megabanks, but the two sides diverge on when and how the Fed would use it.
By John HeltmanDecember 22 -
The Federal Reserve issued a proposal Monday outlining a framework to implement a countercyclical capital buffer for the largest and most internationally active banks, a key part of Basel III that has until now lacked any details.
By John HeltmanDecember 21 -
The Federal Open Market Committee Wednesday voted to raise federal interest rates from nearly zero for the first time since 2008, meeting market expectations but ushering in a new and uncertain normal for the banking industry.
By John HeltmanDecember 16 -
The report said that so far the threats remain contained and do not pose a clear and present danger to the economy. But that could change quickly.
By John HeltmanDecember 15 -
The Financial Stability Oversight Council is an enigmatic interagency body that has not provided enough rationale for designating certain insurance firms as a threat to the economy, the Republican leadership of the House Financial Services Committee said Tuesday.
By John HeltmanDecember 8 -
The Financial Stability Oversight Council is an enigmatic interagency body that has not provided enough rationale for designating certain insurance firms as a threat to the economy, the Republican leadership of the House Financial Services Committee said Tuesday.
By John HeltmanDecember 8