Politics

The Federal Reserve is no longer exploring the idea of creating a new liability for interbank settlements. Instead, it is looking for ways to improve existing systems.

The time is ripe for Congress and the president to shrink the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s board of directors back down to its original three members, removing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's seat.

Luke Pettit could have an expanded role compared to previous assistant secretaries for financial institutions as President Donald Trump eyes Treasury lead for deregulatory agenda.

The Federal Reserve governor said regulators have stifled the banking system's ability to experiment with emerging technologies.

Congressional representatives push to ease regulatory hurdles for de novo banks, citing barriers to entry for small lenders.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. acting Chair Travis Hill released a trove of internal supervisory correspondence from the agency to banks regarding proposed cryptocurrency business lines or relationships, initiatives Hill said were "universally met with resistance" by the agency.

While Republicans and Democrats found some agreement that consumers of all stripes should be included in the banking system, they differed wildly on who is to blame for banks dropping customers.

As the Federal Reserve's overnight reverse repurchase agreement program nears zero, pressure could mount on the central bank to slow or stop its asset runoff as it fights inflation.

Trump's executive order to create a U.S. sovereign wealth fund raises important questions — as yet unanswered — around funding, governance, political interference and the purpose that such a fund would serve.

The reality of banking is that some customers are riskier and more labor-intensive than some banks want to tolerate. If Congress doesn't like where banks draw the line, it needs to understand what moving it will entail.

Committees in both the House and Senate will hold hearings this week about debanking — a term that means different things to different people.

Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, said they would try to pass crypto and stablecoin bills in the first 100 days of the Trump administration.

Tom Krause, the chief executive of Cloud Software Group, and Marko Elez, an engineer who has worked for SpaceX and social-media platform X, have offices in the Treasury Department, according to sources.

The senators introduced legislation that would limit the interest rate card issuers are able to charge holders for the next five years.

The president's rough-and-tumble trade negotiations have throttled financial markets, causing investors to flock to the safety of dollars and Treasuries. But some economists say this style of policymaking could have hurt the U.S.'s safe haven status in the long run.

The House Financial Services Committee released a draft resolution under the Congressional Review Act to cancel the Consumer Financial Protections Bureau's rule limiting bank overdrafts to $5 in most cases.

Donald Trump's second administration is widely expected to be far less skeptical of bank mergers than the Biden administration has been, but industry experts say that political opposition to big bank mergers and business considerations will still be roadblocks.

A bill offered by Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, would repeal Dodd-Frank Section 1071 and eliminate any data-collection requirements for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

A former senior advisor at the Federal Reserve Board was arrested and charged with economic espionage for conspiring to steal trade secrets and sell them to China for $450,000.

The president directed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Howard Lutnick, the nominee for Commerce secretary, to create the fund, following through on an idea Trump floated during his campaign.