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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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., told Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Martin Gruenberg that large banks are "seeking to pay back the gap in the deposit insurance fund with devalued assets."
May 19
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In a speech delivered to the Texas Bankers Association, the Federal Reserve governor called on bankers to create and test liquidity plans capable of weathering turmoil.
May 19
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The CEOs of the nation's largest banks met with officials in Washington on Wednesday and Thursday, just two weeks before the government is expected to go broke. Behind the scenes, the banks are reviewing contingencies in case the unthinkable occurs.
May 18
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During a Senate Banking hearing with regulators, Sens. Jon Tester, D-Mont., and Mark Warner, D-Va., raised concerns about sweeping policy changes, while bipartisan consensus emerged around curbing executive compensation.
May 18
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Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., posted the Democratic version of a stablecoin bill that has some differences with the Republican version led by Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C. But those differences aren't insurmountable.
May 18
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Rep. Maxine Waters is adding to the pressure that the North Carolina bank is feeling in connection with a community benefits plan that was mostly expected to benefit communities in California. First Citizens, which bought SVB from the FDIC, has so far been noncommittal.
May 18
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Sens. Jon Tester, D-Mont., and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., suggested that the reports released by the Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. didn't tell the whole story of the banking crisis.
May 18
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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.
