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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House Financial Services Chairman French Hill is pushing regulatory relief for banks, reforming the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and advocating a "whole-of-government" assault on fraud.
April 1
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The stalemate over stablecoin yield leaves both sides uneasy, but ultimately favor banks.
April 1
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A proposed Labor Department rule could ease the path for alternative investments in 401(k)s, but advisors may face new due diligence and communication challenges.
March 31
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The regulator argues the plans were costly, too theoretical and ineffective, eliminating the financial crisis-era requirement as part of the Trump Administration's deregulatory push.
March 31
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The Department of Labor proposed a rule that would bring private credit more into retirement accounts, as pockets of the market bubble up and some point to contagion.
March 30
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The Treasury's financial crimes enforcement wing proposed a rule Monday that would incentivize whistleblowers to come forth with information that could assist in cracking down on scams, fraud or money laundering, at a time of heightened geopolitical risk.
March 30
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank is cautiously monitoring consumer sentiment as tensions from the Iran war push energy prices higher, complicating efforts to bring inflation down to the Fed's target.
March 30
