Banking Politics & Policy News
American Banker's Politics & Policy coverage delivers news and analysis on how legislative action, federal agency rulemaking, regulatory politics, and public policy debates shape banking strategy, risk, competition, and compliance. Coverage explores congressional priorities, executive branch initiatives, regulatory agency actions, and the political forces that shape and impact the operating environment for financial institutions, payments companies, fintechs and distributed finance companies.
Bank leaders must navigate a dynamic policy environment where congressional action, regulatory priorities, and political forces influence capital standards, supervisory expectations, digital asset frameworks, deposit insurance, consumer rules, and competitive dynamics.
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The Federal Reserve Board of governors will discuss the much anticipated capital changes on Thursday afternoon.
July 21
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The Minnesota Bankers Association and Lake Central Bank jointly filed a lawsuit against the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. over its nonsufficient funds fee rules' inclusion of "unfair or deceptive acts or practices" violations in its policy.
July 21
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Both Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and ranking member Tim Scott, R-S.C., said they would consider what reforms "if any" are necessary post Silicon Valley Bank failure.
July 20
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The Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee voted nearly unanimously to advance a bill that would halt a plan by the Small Business Administration to open up some of its loan programs to fintech companies.
July 20
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Officials at the central bank have been discussing a real-time payment system for a decade. Work on FedNow began in 2019.
July 20
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Rohit Chopra, the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, weighed in on credit card late fees, an upcoming open banking rulemaking and the chaos that could result if the Supreme Court defunds the agency.
July 20
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau celebrates its 12th anniversary on Friday, prompting Director Rohit Chopra to discuss the agency's work including a proposal to set credit card late fees at $8 and the upcoming Supreme Court case that could defund the bureau.
July 20
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In the year of the country's 250th anniversary celebrations, it's worth looking back at the long road the U.S. dollar took to global dominance, and the lessons we can learn from it.
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As stablecoins and other cryptocurrencies enter the mainstream, lawmakers in Illinois have imposed a new transaction tax on digital assets. It will raise costs for everyday consumers and drive away businesses.
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Yes, banks' capital burden will decline, leaving more potential funds available for lending. But the big question is which banks will find a way to deploy those funds to generate meaningful returns.
