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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Congress can and should enact meaningful deposit insurance reform, but the current proposal before lawmakers is misguided. The deposit cap is excessive and the funding mechanism creates systemic risk.
September 9
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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is telling financial institutions that they must safeguard customer data even when federal agencies request information in criminal investigations, addressing Republican concerns about debanking that arose after the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.
September 8
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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said in a bulletin to banks that it will consider whether firms engaged in "politicized or unlawful debanking" when considering bank's licensing applications and Community Reinvestment Act reviews.
September 8
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White House National Economic Council NEC Director Kevin Hassett endorsed insulating the Fed from political pressure but echoed Trump allies' calls for reevaluating its mission.
September 8
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After 60 years as a Fed watcher with the last 30 as a Fed critic, some would say Fed basher, Ken Thomas has developed a Q&A screening tool that President Trump should use for vetting Federal Reserve governors and the Senate should use for confirming them.
September 8
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How can lenders stop elder fraud when a scam is already underway? One approach, allowed by a growing number of state laws, is to contact someone the client trusts. It's a tactic that can work quickly — or backfire.
September 8
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has released a packed agenda centered on rewriting rules ranging from small business lending to open banking while rescinding several rules finalized under the Biden Administration last year.
September 5
