Dodd-Frank

House leaders are pushing to bring a bill on capital standards for non-banks to a vote on the floor this week, part of a larger package of reforms to the Dodd-Frank Act, according to several industry sources.

WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has finalized a rule subjecting large nonbank international money transmitters to supervision by the bureau.

Members of the Senate Banking Committee pressed top regulators on a host of issues, including plans to raise capital standards on the biggest banks and potential changes to a new liquidity rule.

SB Financial in Defiance, Ohio, has redeemed $10.3 million in trust-preferred securities, in an effort to lower its interest-related expenses.

Community bankers are launching a last-ditch effort to push the Senate this year to pass more than a dozen bipartisan regulatory relief bills that have already cleared the House with support from both parties.

Dodd-Frank has failed to solve the too big to fail problem, according to consultant J.V. Rizzi — and some of the best solutions, like breaking up the banks, are also the most unlikely.

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MetLife, which has 30 days to request a hearing to contest its designation, said it "strongly disagrees" with the decision of the Financial Stability Oversight Council.

The new liquidity coverage ratio requirements will compel the country's largest banks to take data integrity and timely, accurate reporting more seriously, writes Mayra Rodríguez Valladares.

The reduced pricing for Discover's signature debit card network will apply to the more than 4,000 banks that are members of the American Bankers Association.

On a day when the banking agencies finalized the new liquidity measure for large institutions, they also issued rules dealing with swaps margin requirements and how institutions calculate their overall leverage exposure.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a warning Wednesday to credit card companies that use deceptive marketing to mask hidden charges within promotional interest rates.

The Senate Banking Committee is slated to hold a hearing on the Dodd-Frank Act next week with a number of top financial regulators.

Summer has come and gone in the nation's capital with regulators gearing up for an array of autumn policy moves affecting the financial services sector.

Sen. Richard Shelby isn't new to Banking Committee leadership, but he would face a crucial ticking clock if he returns as chairman of the panel next year.

Sen. Sherrod Brown may give the country's biggest banks heartburn, but there are signs he's positioning himself as an industry ally ahead of a potential bid to run the Banking Committee.

WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has finalized revisions to its international money transfer rule that will provide certain remittances with a longer exemption.

In addition to key races important to the banking policy agenda, the larger contest for which party controls the Senate could also affect legislative efforts relevant to the industry.

The Financial Stability Oversight Council plans to regulate the asset management industry by targeting activities that pose systemic risk rather than the companies themselves. Regulators should take the same approach with life insurers, according to former U.S. Sen. Dirk Kempthorne.

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