The House Financial Services Committee was expected to approve a bill as early as Wednesday that amends key provisions of the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008.
Interactive Brokers says it will allow customers to bet against the cybercurrency; aides to Alabama senator drafted for key regulatory positions to ease banking rules.
The long-running slide in mortgage payments 60 or more days past due will continue next year, and perhaps even longer as borrowers benefit from favorable economic conditions.
Rather than forming a consortium of peers to investigate blockchain technology, as many banks have done, one of the world's largest asset managers is acting on its own.
The House Financial Services Committee began consideration of 14 bills on Tuesday, including one that would stop Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from being released by the government and another hailed as helping the underbanked in rural areas.
