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With Microsoft, Equifax and others acknowledging that the SolarWinds hack of U.S. government entities had affected their holdings, security teams and vendors have put the holiday aside while continuing around-the-clock surveillance to ensure no financial services or payments networks have been hacked.

In 2020, the news in Washington was dominated by the regulatory impact of COVID-19 and presidential politics. There was also a new rule changing how national banks will be examined under the Community Reinvestment Act, and the 10th anniversary of Dodd-Frank. Here is a look back at stories from the past year.

Organizers of the proposed Legacy Bank must raise $25 million before opening.

Members of $6.3 million-asset FIAFE Federal Credit Union will vote early next year on whether to merge into $43 million-asset Central Credit Union of Maryland.

In the waning days of the Trump administration, the agency issued a new legal theory of its power to let national banks evade state consumer protection laws. But some state attorneys general and consumer groups charge the federal regulator is attempting to sidestep restrictions imposed by Dodd-Frank.