Law and regulation

ABA to seek a review of appeals court's FOM decision

10/08/19

The banking trade group is asking for an en banc rehearing of its field-of-membership challenge before all 17 judges of the D.C. Court of Appeals.

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The need for male allies and other highlights of the 2019 Most Powerful Women gala

10/07/19

The awards gala was a who's who in banking, both at the podium and in the audience. The FHFA settles the sexual harassment complaint involving Mel Watt. And an OCC veteran talks about her career.

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NCUA Chairman Rodney Hood praises Trump in new White House video

10/04/19

Hood's comments mark an unusual turn for an industry famous for its bipartisanship.

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Storm clouds gathering over leader of SBA investment program

10/02/19

The agency’s Small Business Investment Company program is slumping, and Congress is pressuring its top executive, Joseph Shepard, to get it back on track or step aside.

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Dear banker: It ain’t easy being a regulator

10/02/19

Banks need to understand that examiners' job is to call it like they see it.

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House GOP calls on CFPB to continue remittance rule exemptions

09/30/19

House Republicans are pushing the CFPB to continue to allow banks and credit unions to estimate exchange rates and fees for money transfers.

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FedNow payments system would be a real-time disaster

09/27/19

Rep. Denver Riggleman, R-Va., explains why he’s introduced legislation requiring greater transparency over the Federal Reserve’s incoming payment system.

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The ball is in FHFA’s court for reforming the GSEs

09/17/19

The FHFA can go beyond a recent Trump administration report to level the playing field between the private sector and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

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'A complex and unworkable mess': Comments of the week

09/05/19

Readers strongly react to whether the CFPB should have a say on bank mergers and if tribal areas should have special CRA credit, debate whether banks are embracing enough technology and more.

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Let’s put some perspective around the small-dollar loan debate

08/30/19

The debate over the CFPB's plan to revamp its payday lending regulation should focus on the benefits for borrowers.

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