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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Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Mass., and Sheldon Whitehouse, R.I., decried the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's suit against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's credit card late fee rule, saying the suit is an example of the kinds of frivolous litigation it opposes elsewhere.
April 15 -
West Virginia Treasurer Riley Moore, who's put banks on a blacklist for their support of ESG policies, is up for (and very likely to win) one of the state's two seats in the U.S. House. Here's how he got there, and what it'll look like when he tries to bring his anti-ESG policies national.
April 10 -
The Federal Reserve Board governor and frequent regulatory critic says it would be appropriate for the U.S. to deviate from the agreed-upon international standards to reflect "unique characteristics" of the American banking system.
April 10 -
Unintended consequences of shifting the burden for title insurance to the lender could end up harming consumers, several observers said.
April 10 -
Mastercard established a new structure for businesses focused on card acceptance and transaction processing, new payment flows and value-added services. Separately, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is joining several countries' central banks in a test of tech to support cross-border transactions.
April 10 -
The memorandum creates channels for sharing information about nonbanks between the Federal Housing Finance Agency and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors.
April 10 -
Democratic Sens. Dick Durbin and Gary Peters of Illinois, and Ron Wyden of Oregon, have released a $1.3 billion piece of legislation to target identity fraud in government-related pandemic programs and empower investigators.
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