Regulatory reform

Meeting with CEOs, President Trump discussed reducing the financial regulatory burden among a series of actions he is pursuing to make the U.S. more business-friendly.

A Senate Republican effort to use an obscure process to restructure the CFPB could derail any bipartisan agreement on targeted changes to the Dodd-Frank Act.

Observers are divided over whether National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn's support for a modernized Glass-Steagall Act is purely opportunistic or sincere.

Credit unions must go on the offense to achieve regulatory relief, but they will be aided by a Congress and administration interested in many of the same measures, the CUNA CEO said.

A recent survey found that a vast majority of bankers expect lawmakers to make only moderate changes to existing industry regulation.

In a private meeting with lawmakers, White House economic adviser Gary Cohn reportedly said he supports a policy that could radically reshape Wall Street's biggest firms by separating their consumer-lending businesses from their investment banks.

Although the Dodd-Frank Act made some positive changes, the weight of its regulations is killing small banks, Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan said Tuesday.

Readers sound off on airing political opinions at the office; putting banks and fintechs under the same regulatory umbrella; putting consumer needs first regardless of tech advancements; and more.

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo acknowledged Thursday that a broad Dodd-Frank relief package is likely out of reach, but said targeted reforms could still pass.

With slim odds of getting eight Democrats to support major Dodd-Frank Act reforms, Republicans are turning to other measures to make changes to the 2010 reform law.

Lawmakers from both parties asked experts Tuesday if institutions with less than $10 billion of assets should be exempt from Dodd-Frank regulations, signaling a possible bipartisan compromise.

Richard Hunt of the Consumer Bankers Association on reg reform, the chances for a Durbin rollback and more.

Suspending Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's regular dividend payments to the Treasury, thus enabling the companies to replenish their reserve capital, would put their future on better footing.

House Republicans’ failure to repeal the Affordable Care Act — an issue that has animated the party caucus since its passage in 2010 — has thrown into question their ability to enact regulatory relief.

The Trump administration’s interest in reinstating barriers between commercial and investment banking is sparking conversations about what such a proposal would entail.

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The groups and industry trade associations want the Treasury Department and the FHFA to allow Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to build up capital reserves.

Implementation of the second phase of the common securitization platform had been projected for next year, but the anticipated time frame was delayed following "lessons learned" from the first phase.

Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., told a meeting of bankers not to focus on credit unions' tax exemption in talks with lawmakers, saying the two industries should unite over regulatory reform.

U.S. Rep. Denny Heck – one of the few members of Congress to have worked in a credit union – is cheering legislation that could ease the process for chartering new CUs, but bemoaned that such legislation could also gut the consumer protections in Dodd-Frank.