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 GENIUS Act, which will give the green light to banks interested in stablecoins, but which has also raised fears that it will disintermediate the banking system, passed the House today and heads to President Donald Trump's desk.
July 17
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The Republican Freedom Caucus wants to combine the market structure bill with another measure prohibiting the formation of a Central Bank Digital Currency. That move could tank the market structure bill's chances of becoming law, and with it the banking industry's best chances of getting its priorities enacted.
July 16
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Supreme Court rulings and provisions in the recently passed budget bill are bolstering the legality of the administration's effort to fire more than 1,000 employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
July 16
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Lorie Logan, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, said in a speech Wednesday that she is content to leave interest rates where they are, adding that she would want to see inflation fall to 2% before considering cuts.
July 16
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Federal Reserve Gov. Michael Barr said Wednesday that policymakers are running the risk of repeating historical mistakes of lightening banking rules when the economy is doing well, which he said has often set the stage for financial crises later on.
July 16
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Governments must reconsider policies that treat migrants sending money home as risks rather than contributors. Regulators should remove barriers to affordable transfers and enable innovation that puts people first.
July 16
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Some last-minute drama has derailed planned votes on crypto and stablecoin in the House, but the political maneuvering isn't likely to improve the long list of criticisms that bankers have raised about the legislation before it heads to President Donald Trump's desk.
July 15
