Law and regulation

Sean Duffy, leading GOP voice on House banking panel, to resign

08/26/19

Wisconsin Republican Sean Duffy routinely pushed to restructure the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and authored a bill to reform the flood insurance program.

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Trump administration takes giant step backward on racial equality

08/23/19

Revamping the doctrine of disparate impact doctrine, as HUD proposes, would gut fair housing enforcement.

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Skip Hove, former FDIC acting chairman and Nebraska banker, dies at 84

08/20/19

Hove, who spent 11 years on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. board, was the agency's acting chairman three different times during the 1990s. He held several jobs in banking, including chairman and CEO of Minden Exchange Bank & Trust, which had been led by his father.

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SBA blamed for flagging small-business investment program

08/07/19

Lawmakers and others faulted the agency's foot-dragging on approving licenses and funding requests for small-business investment companies, whose owners include banks.

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LendingClub eyes 3Q profit, looks to reopen credit spigot

08/06/19

The San Francisco company forecast a modest profit in the third quarter because its cost-cutting plans are ahead of schedule. It's also starting a program to sell riskier loans to sophisticated investors.

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Senate clash over SBA unit's powers puts agency's budget in doubt

08/02/19

A fight between Democrats and Republicans over a proposal to let the SBA’s Office of Advocacy challenge rulings made by other government agencies is threatening to hold up funding for small-business loan guarantees.

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Ex-N.Y. regulator Maria Vullo on fintech fight, Facebook's crypto plan

07/29/19

The former state banking superintendent weighs in on some of the toughest questions bank regulators are grappling with and the lawsuit (still ongoing) that she filed against the OCC.

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What the big banks left out when they slammed Fed over real-time payments

07/24/19

The CEO of a big-bank lobbying group recently said that the central bank may be on the verge of pulling a bait and switch on faster payments. But his comments glossed over a lot of the relevant history.

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Fed must remain lead player in real-time payments

07/24/19

If the Federal Reserve doesn't maintain an active role, Wall Street megabanks could take over the payments system.

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Eagle back in damage-control mode amid ethics investigations

07/23/19

The Maryland bank has to show that it can once again overcome accusations of possible misdeeds — this time tied to a political corruption probe. And there may be other problems.

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