BankThink

The financial services industry has made positive gains in consumer trust in recent years. As we enter what seems likely to be an era of deregulation, that newfound trust is theirs to lose.

Small businesses and consumers deserve the relief that legislation like the Credit Card Competition Act would bring from the fees that burden every card-based transaction. Banks can easily afford it.

Past efforts to restructure bank supervision have been derailed by politics and agency turf wars. It remains to be seen whether the Trump administration is willing to spend the political capital necessary to push reform through.

The first task for a new director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should be sweeping away the clutter of ill-considered lawsuits and regulatory pronouncements left over from the Biden years.

A blend of equity, private debt and public investment drove the country's growth in the Industrial Revolution. To remain globally competitive, the U.S. needs more creative financing of large infrastructure projects.

The question is no longer whether the financial services industry needs a unified approach to combating instant payment fraud but who will take the lead to make it happen. The onus is on the biggest players in the market to show the way forward.

Bipartisan legislation before Congress would create sensible regulation for stablecoins, opening a path to cementing the U.S. dollar's status as the world's most important currency.

President Trump and Elon Musk probably would not have put Rohit Chopra and his CFPB on their hit list had he run it with common sense, balancing the interests of both the financial industry and their consumers. An independent and consolidated federal consumer financial protection agency is needed, but only if a fair-minded leader runs it.

The Internal Revenue Service holds a massive trove of sensitive data about American taxpayers that would be of inestimable value to a company operating in the private sector. Protecting it is a matter of national security.

The GENIUS Act is an ill-conceived bill that will allow the largely unregulated sale of stablecoins to the public. The risks it poses for investors, the financial system and the broader economy are unacceptably high.