Politics and policy
Politics and policy
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WomenVenture, a Minneapolis-based Community Development Financial Institution, was already under strain from stalled federal CDFI funding. The recent immigration crackdown added significant uncertainty for its customers as well.
February 4 -
Pulte says a GSE stock offering remains likely in 2026, but other policy paths are in play. NMN survey data shows the industry expects broader changes first.
February 4 -
At a hearing Tuesday, executives at the Swiss banking giant faced tough questions from both Republicans and Democrats. The lawmakers are unhappy with the bank's recent decision to withhold certain documents from a lawyer who's overseeing research regarding Nazi accounts.
February 3 -
Banking trade associations told the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency that regulators should reform rules around third-party risk, saying concentration and limited choice of core service providers places an undue burden on banks.
February 3 -
Two large proxy advisory firms exert extraordinary and pernicious influence on public companies in the U.S. Congress must act to protect American businesses and the investors whose future relies on them.
February 3 -
The Swiss banking giant will come under the spotlight Tuesday at a Senate hearing.where the question of whether a 1999 settlement over Holocaust-looted funds should be reopened is expected to be discussed.
February 3 -
President Donald Trump's support of legislation that would cap credit card interest rates at 10% has flagged in recent weeks, but experts say that the debate has highlighted significant gaps in regulators' understanding of the credit card market and how its risks are priced.
February 3 -
When the Swiss banking giant bought rival Credit Suisse in 2023, it inherited an investigation over money the Nazis looted from European Jews. The issue now seems to be coming to a head in Washington.
February 2 -
The Chicago-based, $261 million-asset Metropolitan Capital Bank & Trust was placed in receivership and its assets sold to Detroit-based First Independence Bank, costing the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s Deposit Insurance Fund an estimated $19.7 million.
January 30 -
Former Fed Gov. Kevin Warsh is a relatively known quantity to financial markets, but his embrace of President Trump's agenda and the White House's own contentious relationship with the central bank make it hard to know with certainty where — or even whether — he will lead the Fed.
January 30 -
President Trump's announcement Friday morning that former investment banker and Fed Governor Kevin Warsh would be his selection as the next chairman of the Fed ends months of speculation and gives the president a key ally at the central bank.
January 30 -
The Office of the Comptroller's interpretation of federal trust powers has opened the door for dozens of charter applications by nonbank crypto firms in recent months. Some experts say the agency's interpretation may push the ambiguous statute beyond its limits.
January 30 -
A Government Accountability Office report warns the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to clarify which records from the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision should be treated as federal records and thus retained according to the Federal Records Act.
January 29 -
Legal experts say the underlying economics of stablecoins mean that banning yield payments — banks' top priority in upcoming crypto market structure legislation — may not be as simple as banks had hoped.
January 29 -
The Federal Reserve's rate-setting committee kept its benchmark interest rate steady Wednesday amid an intensifying effort from the White House to gain a governing majority on the central bank's board.
January 28 -
Merchants have mostly been silent on President Trump's call for a cap on credit-card interest rates. But they'd take a "huge hit" under such a plan, Synchrony CEO Brian Doubles said Tuesday.
January 27 -
State regulators say proposed changes by the Federal Reserve that would make state bank examiners the primary boots on the ground will make bank examinations faster, but could cause some issues to go overlooked.
January 27 -
CEO Gunjan Kedia joined nearly 70 chief executives of Minnesota-based companies in calling for "an immediate de-escalation of tensions" in Minneapolis, where a second resident was fatally shot by federal immigration agents on Saturday.
January 26 -
President Donald Trump's recently filed lawsuit against megabank JPMorganChase and its CEO Jamie Dimon is not expected to succeed in court, legal experts say.
January 26 -
Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan Gould said in a letter to Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., that the OCC "intends to act consistent with this duty rather than your demand."
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