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 coming mixed-martial-arts fight on the White House lawn is bound to get a lot of attention, but a far more consequential heavyweight fight between President Trump and former Fed Chair Jerome Powell has already been decided.
June 8
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Arbitrary financial regulation "cliffs," such as the one imposed by the Durbin Amendment, create incentives that distort decision making. Congress should step in and reform the various measures that rely on such imprecise triggers.
June 8
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A proposal from the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council to reshape the CAMELS rating system, which, combined with other related policy moves, are teeing up a sea change in the way banks and their federal supervisors go about their respective businesses.
June 8
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The announcement follows a leave of absence in which Ginnie Mae President Joe Gormley helped cover the Federal Housing Admission Commissioner's responsibilities.
June 5
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics Friday reported that the economy added 172,000 jobs in May and revised March and April's employment upward, making the Federal Reserve less likely to cut interest rates to support the labor market in the near term.
June 5
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The joint advisory by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, banking agencies and the Internal Revenue Service issued guidance for banks to detect unauthorized employment schemes as part of the administration's broader immigration crackdown.
June 5
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All 11 Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee are backing a bill that would restore and lock in funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
June 5
