Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve
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Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen was hospitalized over the weekend in London for treatment of a urinary tract infection but has been discharged.
July 3 -
Six biggest banks set to return nearly $100 billion to shareholders; Capital One’s plan approved by Federal Reserve, but with conditions.
June 29 -
All 34 banks passed the Fed’s CCAR stress test, fueling industry calls to dial back the intensity of the stress tests. But many of the changes have already been internalized by banks.
June 28 -
The research firm is set to release a report Tuesday that it says previews the results of the Fed’s 2017 Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review stress test results for 16 superregional banks.
June 27 -
A dad challenges JPMorgan Chase’s parental leave policy. A shareholder proposal to address the gender pay gap gets shot down at Citigroup. Plus, Cathy Bessant, Yolande Piazza and Elizabeth Warren.
June 23 -
All 34 big banks demonstrate they could survive a severe recession; credit cards emerge as the biggest vulnerability, with a projected $100 billion in losses.
June 23 -
President Trump plans to tap nominees to head the independent financial regulators that will be more willing to listen to industry than past heads, a senior White House official said Thursday.
June 22 -
The test showed that banks face potentially heavy losses in certain loan categories under economic stress, particularly in the area of credit cards, counterparty losses and commercial and industrial lending.
June 22 -
Federal regulators supported several changes the banking industry has been seeking in an appearance before the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday, acknowledging the need to limit the Volcker Rule and better define systemically important banks.
June 22 -
The Fed is preparing to release the results of its annual stress tests in what is likely to be the last iteration of the post-crisis supervisory program before sweeping changes are made.
June 19 -
Following are notable cases where banks were tripped up by the Fed's stress tests either by flunking the numbers (or quantitative) part of the test or raising red flags on a qualitative basis.
June 19 -
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., asked Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on Monday to remove 12 Wells Fargo board members because of the fake-accounts scandal.
June 19 -
Job cuts are the beginning of a new round of cost-cutting; Wells accused of modifying home loans on distressed borrowers without customer or bankruptcy court approval.
June 15 -
Thirty-eight House Democrats sent a letter to President Trump voicing their concern that Wall Street insiders will be appointed to top spots at the Federal Reserve Board.
June 14 -
Fed Chair Janet Yellen called the Treasury's report a "complicated document" that shared many of the central bank's objectives, including reducing regulatory burden without sacrificing safety and soundness.
June 14 -
The Treasury plan includes a slew of items that don’t require Congress to act, and appear feasible in the short term. Here's a guide to what changes could be made.
June 13 -
Ahead of the House vote Thursday on the Financial Choice Act, the two parties were assailing each other as proxies for Wall Street and painting themselves as defenders of community banking and the consumer.
June 9 -
Ahead of a vote on a bill that would eliminate orderly liquidation authority, supporters of those powers are proposing changes to make OLA more palatable to conservatives.
June 6 -
The expansion of the Federal Reserve’s portfolio of Treasury debt and mortgage-backed securities has a bigger impact on the credit markets than paying banks interest on excess reserves.
June 6 -
After months of speculation, former OneWest CEO Joseph Otting was finally named as the nominee for comptroller of the currency.
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