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In response to industry comments, the Federal Reserve said it would follow notice-and-comment procedures when exercising its countercyclical capital buffer authorities – a process whereby the biggest banks would hold an additional capital cushion to counteract overheated markets.

The largest U.S. banks are starting to question whether the advanced approaches modeling program embedded in the Basel accords is still valuable in a world where their capital levels are increasingly dictated by the annual stress tests and a supplementary leverage ratio.

The Financial Stability Board said Wednesday in its annual report to the G-20 that progress is being made in implementing post-crisis financial reforms, but that implementation of specific initiatives remains uneven across industrialized nations.

General Electric named new heads for its finance and M&A operations as the company prepares for life as a more-focused industrial manufacturer.

Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank President Esther George is best known nationally as a critic of the Fed's monetary policy, but in a wide-ranging interview she talks about Dodd-Frank, bank capitalization and the challenges facing community banking, in addition to interest rates.

Hillary Clinton's proposal for regulatory relief for smaller institutions largely tracks with ideas already discussed, but her backing could keep alive the momentum for a reg relief plan should she win in November.

The endorsement of Glass-Steagall in the recent party convention platforms reaffirmed the powerful hold that the principle of separating commercial and investment banking has on the public imagination.

WASHINGTON — The American Bankers Association has fired back at a White House research note that argued the Dodd-Frank Act was not driving community bank consolidation.

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court has scheduled oral arguments in a case that could have profound implications for the government's ability to designate nonbanks as systemically risky.

Discussions around reinstating the Depression-era law are headline-grabbing, but Glass-Steagall has no merit in our current financial environment.

Banks and industry representatives are asking whether the proposed long-term liquidity rule properly takes into account the risk profiles of certain assets, the interaction with other liquidity rules, and even whether the regulation is needed at all.

Those wanting to break up banks act as though policymakers had no regulatory response to the crisis, but here’s an illustration of how actual reforms would have prevented a large failure.

WASHINGTON — The Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 has not had a negative impact on community banks, contrary to assertions by Republicans and many bankers, according to a group of White House economists.

American International Group Chief Executive Peter Hancock said he's more focused on boosting returns than worrying about the government's classification of his company as a systemically important financial institution.

The solution to "too big to fail" is requiring all creditors, other than insured depositors, to face the risk of loss so that neither the FDIC nor taxpayers lose any money.

In a political season teeming with tension around income inequality, racial economic disparities and animus toward the banking industry, reforming the Community Reinvestment Act seems like it should be a cornerstone of the debate. Yet the law has been almost entirely absent from the discussion. Here's why.

The Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 was an unexpected and prominent part of the Democratic and Republican conventions this year, as both parties added a call to reinstate the law as part of their party platforms. But that will be easier said than done, considering that lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have shown little interest in the idea. Following is a look at how a Depression-era law found its way to Cleveland and Philadelphia.

It's part of the Democratic platform, but lawmakers at the convention here are skeptical of embracing a plan to restore the Glass-Steagall Act, unsure what it would look like.

Sens. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton will ensure big banks do not again threaten the financial system.

Donald Trump's decision to embrace the reinstatement of the Glass-Steagall Act is part of an effort to cast him as the champion of community banks, according to his top advisers.