News Topic: Dodd-Frank

Lenders would have a lighter data-reporting burden, but they may end up deciding to collect the data anyway. ... Read full article

After several years of financial policy defeats, banks finally basked in a legislative victory: the first real package of regulatory relief since the crisis. But the long-term effects of that victory are still to be determined. Here is what it all means. ... Read full article

Though the regulatory relief law easing the Dodd-Frank Act does little to help the biggest banks, it is still fueling progressive Democrats' anger at Wall Street. That will matter when Democrats eventually retake power. ... Read full article

As President Trump signed the regulatory relief bill into law on Thursday, most of the attention was on a provision to help regional banks with more than $50 billion of assets. But a majority of the new law is aimed at helping institutions below $10 ... Read full article

The industry’s biggest legislative victory in a decade made it to the finish line Thursday. ... Read full article

Jelena McWilliams, most recently chief legal officer at Fifth Third, previously served as a Senate GOP aide and an attorney at the Federal Reserve Board. ... Read full article

A recent wave of high-premium acquisitions, paired with sweeping regulatory reform, is setting the stage for more large-scale M&A. ... Read full article

The bill heads to President Trump for signing; U.S. banks earned an aggregate $56 billion in the quarter, including a boost from tax reform. ... Read full article

The Senate bill is a huge win for the banking industry, but there are still plenty of unresolved legislative issues of interest to financial institutions. ... Read full article

Banks earned a record-shattering $56 billion in the first quarter, even before the regulatory relief bill is enacted. More victories, policy and otherwise, are on their way. ... Read full article

The bill passed by the House took a more cautious approach to relief than prior legislative proposals but has still been hailed by banking industry groups. ... Read full article

Policymakers should spend more time focused on limiting risky activity through measures like the Volcker Rule than on demanding ever-higher levels of bank capital. ... Read full article

Why both Republicans and Democrats are exaggerating legislative changes to the Dodd-Frank Act. ... Read full article

While reform legislation for banks is just around the corner, market signals suggest the economy could be headed toward another downturn. ... Read full article

A provision to remove new mortgage recordkeeping requirements would help overburdened community banks lend without disrupting data collection that is used to police discrimination. ... Read full article

The soon-to-be-retiring chair of the House Financial Services Committee said Senate leaders have made a "commitment" to consider more changes. ... Read full article

It's too late for Congress to overturn the consumer bureau's regulation on short-term lending, but acting Director Mick Mulvaney will have plenty of chances to reshape it. ... Read full article

After months of delay, the House is planning to vote on legislation next week that would amend the Dodd-Frank Act. ... Read full article