Dodd-Frank

House GOP wants small-dollar loan bill pinned to reg relief

03/21/18

Just as promised, Republican lawmakers went to work Wednesday considering regulatory reform ideas that would go further than the Senate's tweaks of the Dodd-Frank Act.

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Deregulation seen likely; CFPB, FTC to monitor debt collectors

03/21/18

GOP senators push House colleagues not to change Dodd-Frank rollback bill; agencies respond to consumer complaints about debt collectors.

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A CFPB commission will never fly

03/20/18

Critics of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have long sought to convert its leadership structure from a single director to a five-member commission. Here’s why the idea is dead on arrival.

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FDIC still on track to hit key deposit insurance target early

03/20/18

In an update on the Deposit Insurance Fund, FDIC staff said the fund's ratio of reserves to estimated deposits will likely reach the required 1.35% level by the second half of 2018.

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Is this Jeb Hensarling's last stand?

03/19/18

The House Financial Services Committee chairman's effort to make changes to a Dodd-Frank revision bill could either give him a defining victory or extend his losing streak.

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A hands-off CFPB might cause trouble for fintechs

03/19/18

As the agency pulls back its enforcement efforts, it opens the door for state authorities to pursue more cases against financial startups for their data collection and privacy practices.

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Wells' OCC tipoff, crime-fighting AI and HSBC's mortgage play: Top stories of the week

03/16/18

Wells Fargo gets tipped off by OCC on investigation; HSBC is wading back into U.S. mortgage waters; a bank uses artificial intelligence to combat money laundering; and more.

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ICBA to House GOP: Don’t obstruct reg relief

03/16/18

Independent Community Bankers of America CEO Camden Fine said his group “will not participate in making the perfect the enemy of the good” when it comes to further amending the regulatory relief bill.

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Hensarling taps the brakes; Who is David Solomon?

03/16/18

House Republicans want more aggressive changes to Senate’s Dodd-Frank rollback bill; papers scrutinize the heir apparent to Lloyd Blankfein.

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Think reg relief was hard to pass in Senate? Wait for House

03/15/18

A day after the Senate passed regulatory relief, top House Republicans vowed to have a big say in the final version before the bill heads to the White House. That raised fresh questions about how quickly the Dodd-Frank reforms will become law.

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