Election 2016

WASHINGTON — Presumptive Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump pledged Tuesday to roll back regulations and accused rival Hillary Clinton of being beholden to Wall Street.

Donald Trump's campaign claimed that while Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has criticized the New York real estate businessman for taking contributions from Wall Street, Hillary Clinton has accepted more than $41 million from "Wall Street interests."

On the one hand, Sen. Elizabeth Warren's potential elevation to vice president could give significant influence if Hillary Clinton wins the White House. But it would also remove a significant voice for reform from a key spot on the Senate Banking Committee.

More than a third of likely voters backing Democrat Hillary Clinton in the latest Bloomberg Politics national poll say she should pick Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, a darling of the party's liberal wing, as her running mate.

House Republicans' plan to subject all federal regulators to the Congressional appropriations process is alarming industry observers, who argue it could hurt both banks and consumers.

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., unveiled a Republican agenda Tuesday aimed at jump-starting the economy which includes a number of financial reforms including revamping the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and limiting bank regulations.

Fearing that housing finance reform has fallen off the congressional priority list, bank and housing trade groups sent a letter to Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mel Watt on Wednesday to draw attention to the issue.

With Democrats already opposing a bill by Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, to roll back Dodd-Frank, his chances of long-term success depend on support by Donald Trump. The two met to discuss the plan on Tuesday.

Presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton appears likely to embrace a recent plan to merge Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into a single government corporation if she wins the White House.

While Donald Trump has successfully dodged laying out clear policy goals, the exchange on Twitter clearly got underneath the New York businessman's skin and may force him to provide a few more specifics ahead of the general election.

Hillary Clinton's campaign went on the offensive Monday against presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump's financial policy positions, arguing he would put the system at risk if elected president.

Nearly a quarter-century before his wife was on the verge of winning a presidential nomination, then-Democratic candidate Bill Clinton was seen as supporting "true nationwide banking," though some worried he would also expand the Community Reinvestment Act.

Just six months out from the general election, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s positions on banking issues remain a complete mystery aside from a general pledge to roll back the Dodd-Frank Act.

The core problem with the living wills, as with other tools in the Dodd-Frank Act to end “too big to fail,” is that they are by definition an attempt at predicting future events.

Despite his loss in the New York primary on Tuesday, Sen. Ted Cruz is fighting hard to win the Republican nomination. But eliminating the CFPB could be an even tougher challenge if he is eventually elected president.

Democratic presidential hopefuls Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton both emphasized during a late Thursday debate that they are prepared to break up megabanks that pose a systemic risk to the U.S. economy, but also showed there are differences in how they approach "too big to fail."

The bad grades and detailed laundry list of fixes that institutions must make in the next five months — or face possibly severe consequences — may actually prove helpful in the long run, both to the debate over "too big to fail" and the banks themselves. Here's why.

Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has made reining in the shadow banking system a focal point of her campaign platform, but there are fears that doing so could come with a high price tag for the U.S. economy.

If the general election comes down to Hillary Clinton against Donald Trump, many community bankers are uncertain whom they will back. They fear Clinton will continue the regulatory crackdown against the industry, but are unsure what plans Trump would put in motion.

Republicans currently hold a 54 — 46 advantage over Democrats in the Senate, making the GOP grip on the Senate precarious at best. With the election a little less than eight months away, Republicans also have more vulnerable seats up for reelection, leaving many analysts speculating the Democrats will retake the chamber. Following are the races bankers need to watch.