News Topic: Basel

First the House and now the Senate have included provisions in their regulatory relief bills that bankers say would go a long way toward clearing up confusion over how to treat high-volatility commercial real estate loans. ... Read full article

While small and regional banks are pushing for a rollback of the Dodd-Frank Act, big banks are largely supportive of the 2010 financial reform law, Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan said Thursday. ... Read full article

The government must continue to provide support for the mortgage market in any new housing finance system, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Tuesday. ... Read full article

Three Trump administration nominees faced thorough questioning from the Senate Banking Committee, although Democrats reserved much of their fire for the president’s nominee to the Federal Reserve Board. ... Read full article

The new standards are aimed at reducing the variability between regulatory treatments of risk-weighted assets. ... Read full article

President Trump’s pick to head the Federal Reserve will face the Senate Banking Committee this week. Here’s what to watch for. ... Read full article

While some community bankers and Washington advocates doubt the likelihood of achieving meaningful regulatory relief in the 115th Congress, the many measures advancing on Capitol Hill leave plenty of room for optimism. ... Read full article

The Senate's repeal of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule is arguably the industry's biggest policy victory since passage of Dodd-Frank. But is it the sign of a trend? ... Read full article

Readers weigh in on online lending growth, how President Trump’s healthcare policies affect lenders, regulation’s effects on community banks and more. ... Read full article

Federal regulators are moving forward with plans to finalize one of the last significant Obama-era rules governing long-term bank liquidity despite widespread expectations by banks that the proposal was all but dead. ... Read full article

Andreas Dombret, head of regulation at Germany’s central bank, fears entering “the next stage of … an eternal cycle” of crises as countries begin dialing back regulations. ... Read full article

Banks could help narrow the financing gap for U.N. development goals to be met, but changes in Basel and loan guarantee standards are necessary. ... Read full article

Cynthia Blankenship, an executive at Bank of the West in Grapevine, Texas, has been a regular in Washington for years fighting for regulatory changes. She is encouraging other bankers to do likewise. ... Read full article

Federal Reserve Gov. Jerome Powell said capital levels have been well calibrated but that some changes to the capital rules may be in order to make compliance easier. ... Read full article

EU-based banks are citing a U.S. Treasury Department report as reason to slow-walk international regulatory standards. ... Read full article

The Trump administration is prepping recommendations to address shortcomings in the capital markets in a report to be released next month, a top Treasury Department official said Monday. ... Read full article

A perfect risk-based capital ratio obviously is preferable to an admittedly imperfect leverage ratio. The problem is there is no perfect risk-based measure. ... Read full article

Having a leverage ratio as a backstop to risk-based capital requirements is sound, but the way it is currently calibrated is having a dramatic effect on financial markets. ... Read full article