FDIC

The changing of the guard at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and hope among bankers for mergers and acquisitions activity are popular items this month.

The FDIC withdrew its amicus brief supporting Colorado's opt-out law on interest rate exportation, highlighting the agency's more fintech-friendly regulatory approach under acting Chair Travis Hill.

The agency's attempt to impose its oversight on asset managers who passively invest in banks is duplicative of efforts by the Federal Reserve. It will result in higher costs for banks and lower returns for investors.

Senior Republican House Financial Services Committee lawmakers in a letter to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. gave a series of recommendations that they said would combat so-called "debanking."

The GAO studied executive compensation on request from Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, in the wake of the Silicon Valley Bank crisis in 2023.

Federal agencies need to speak with one voice when it comes to allowing legitimate crypto businesses full access to financial services.

President Donald Trump's new executive order could have dramatic implications for bank regulation by subjecting agencies to White House political control.

Banking regulation doesn't need to mimic the hyper-partisan nature of today's politics. A balanced FDIC board would confer legitimacy on any efforts by the Trump administration to overhaul financial-services regulation.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and other independent agencies will likely need to identify positions not explicitly required by law under a new Trump administration executive order aimed at downsizing the federal workforce.

Lawmakers, citing past failures, say FDIC staffing shortages weaken oversight.