House Financial Services Committee

What’s Jamie Dimon’s salary got to do with income inequality?

04/21/19

At a recent House hearing with large-bank CEOs, lawmakers’ focus on the compensation gap between the C-suite and lower-level employees echoed a broader discussion about pay inequity.

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Could Deutsche Bank probe be an opening for AML reform?

04/17/19

It remains to be seen whether anti-money-laundering provisions will get a deeper look this Congress or whether political optics will divide lawmakers on moving ahead with changes.

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'Theater of the absurd': Comments of the week

04/11/19

Readers respond to this week's big-bank CEO hearing before the House, weigh the debate over Community Reinvestment Act reform, consider whether Wells Fargo needs a new brand and more.

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Hensarling to join UBS as executive vice chairman

04/11/19

The former lawmaker joins the Swiss bank after years of pushing for bank deregulation as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee.

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Getting pot banking legislation right

04/11/19

The House Financial Services Committee recently approved protections for banks financing cannabis companies in states where it’s legal. This a good first step, but improvements are needed.

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Senate Democrat calls for hearing on megabank enforcement actions

04/10/19

On the same day the House Financial Services Committee held a hearing with CEOs of seven of the largest banks, Sen. Sherrod Brown said bank misconduct since the crisis demanded further inquiry by the Senate Banking Committee.

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Guns, CECL and 'too big to manage': Big-bank CEOs on Hill

04/10/19

A House Financial Services Committee hearing featuring seven large-bank CEOs tackled a host of contentious subjects, as Republicans and Democrats sparred over whether such institutions are simply too big.

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U.S. banks are prepared for 'hard Brexit': Mnuchin

04/09/19

The Treasury secretary told the House Financial Services Committee that he has been in coordination with the U.S. bank regulators to soften the impact of the United Kingdom potentially failing to strike a deal on its exit from the European Union.

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Big-bank CEOs head to the lion's den

04/08/19

The congressional hearing will be ripe with opportunities for lawmakers to raise flags on issues of diversity, deregulation and social policy.

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Choke Point epilogue: Are banks free to refuse service?

04/04/19

The battle lines drawn over federal efforts to restrict bank relationships with politically risky industries used to be clear cut. Not anymore.

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