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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After years of implementing Dodd-Frank Act measures rules to streamline bank resolutions, regulators relied on their pre-crisis playbook to resolve Silicon Valley and First Republic banks. That choice has led some experts to question the rules' utility.
May 2
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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. suggested targeted deposit insurance expansion for some accounts in a report issued Monday, but the layout in Congress looks tricky to pass any permanent changes.
May 2
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen sent a letter to Congressional leadership on Monday calling for them to raise the debt limit before June 1, the earliest date the U.S. could begin defaulting on its debt obligations.
May 2
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The FDIC's deposit insurance review following a string of bank failures said the most balanced approach to modifying deposit insurance would be to provide higher insurance coverage to business accounts, which would reduce systemic risk and promote market discipline.
May 1
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President Joe Biden said on Monday that he's called on Congress "to give regulators the tools to hold banking executives accountable."
May 1
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Bank groups say the focus on capital rules in Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr's report on Silicon Valley Bank are misguided. Others say he should have named names.
April 28 -
In a highly anticipated report on the failure of Silicon Valley Bank, Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr says the bank's own mismanagement and an acquiescent supervisory structure created the conditions for the bank to fail.
April 28
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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.
