Politics

The Supreme Court nullified one of two nationwide injunctions on the Corporate Transparency Act, a law requiring corporations to disclose their beneficial owners. A separate injunction in another circuit remains in effect, however. 

Experts say the Trump administration is waiting for Scott Bessent to be confirmed as treasury secretary and for other appointees to clear the Senate before naming acting heads at federal banking agencies.

Greg Baer, head of the Bank Policy Institute, echoed the president's assertion that unchecked supervisors are urging banks to drop risky clients .

A document circulated by the House Ways and Means Committee makes a number of suggestions for cutting federal spending, including revoking the federal tax exemption for credit unions and eliminating the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s orderly liquidation authority.

A Government Accountability Office report Thursday said emergency actions taken by federal regulators in the wake of Silicon Valley Bank's failure were justified and appear to have stemmed further disruption, but noted those actions could contribute to moral hazard.

Scott Turner, President Trump's pick to head the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, faced opposition from Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee, but his nomination was nonetheless approved by a vote of 13-11.

The president has signed dozens of executive orders touching a wide range of government functions, but banking policy has largely gone untouched — so far.

The New York Department of Financial Services has proposed several changes to overdraft fees including banning banks from charging more than three overdraft or nonsufficient funds fees per consumer per day.

China currently dominates the market for the hardware and software used to mine cryptocurrency. Creating a large federal reserve would expose a major U.S. asset to potential Chinese meddling.

Senate Republicans would like to do a large bill on immigration and energy first and then tackle tax reform in a second bill. House Republicans prefer one large bill.