News Topic: Dodd-Frank

On the eve of a crucial Senate vote to roll back parts of the Dodd-Frank Act, the divide between progressive and moderate Democrats on regulatory relief has never been starker. ... Read full article

The fight over the Senate's regulatory reform bill illustrates how entrenched Democrats and Republicans remain over the crisis-era law, eight years after its passage. ... Read full article

There's been a legislative bottleneck since the the crisis-era law went into effect, but Congress has moved forward on a handful of significant changes. ... Read full article

Over 100 Republican lawmakers filed a legal brief Friday backing Mick Mulvaney in the lawsuit challenging his appointment as acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. ... Read full article

The Federal Reserve Board's vice chairman for supervision said certain definitions should be more consistent and clearer in order to give regulated entities a better understanding of what to expect when complying with the trading ban. ... Read full article

Numerous regional banks stand to benefit from a provision that narrows the scope of institutions defined as "systemically important" under the Dodd-Frank Act. ... Read full article

The bill would raise the threshold to $250 billion for SIFI banks; small banks that lowered credit standards to attract customers are paying the price. ... Read full article

The Senate is poised to pass the most substantial bank regulatory relief since the crisis, but any disruption of the post-crisis regime is still eclipsed by how much the bill enshrines Dodd-Frank. ... Read full article

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., filed a motion on the Senate floor Thursday setting up a potential vote next week on the bipartisan regulatory relief package. ... Read full article

Democrats used a hearing with Fed Chair Jerome Powell to lay the groundwork for an intraparty debate over the merits of the Senate’s regulatory relief bill. ... Read full article

Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo said he is hopeful that a bipartisan deal to roll back certain Dodd-Frank Act regulations will soon have a vote on the Senate floor. ... Read full article

House Chief Deputy Whip Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., said House lawmakers are having discussions with the Senate about ways to go further on rolling back Dodd-Frank before the Senate is expected to hold a floor vote. ... Read full article

As a bipartisan regulatory relief bill approaches the finish line in the Senate, the House has stood relatively on the sidelines. But no one expects the lower chamber to just rubber-stamp the deal. ... Read full article

Commenting on the consumer bureau’s enforcement practices as part of a CFPB review could help shape regulatory reforms, but it could also draw attention to a firm’s run-in with the agency. ... Read full article

The Treasury Department struck a middle ground in recommendations for Dodd-Frank Act wind-down powers, resisting calls to repeal those powers but still addressing concerns that they are too generous to large firms. ... Read full article

The Trump administration on Wednesday refrained from proposing the elimination of authority to clean up failed financial behemoths, but the Treasury Department still wants substantial reforms to the resolution powers. ... Read full article

Democratic lawmakers are objecting to acting CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney's decision to strip the fair-lending office of enforcement powers. ... Read full article

The CFTC will pay the award for tips received from one person in the case, in which the bank didn’t properly disclose that it was steering asset management customers into investments that would be profitable for the bank. ... Read full article