Maxine Waters

House advances bills to protect workers' credit in government shutdown

09/20/19

The House Financial Services Committee passed a bill that would exclude adverse credit information for consumers impacted by a government shutdown.

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House passes five bipartisan financial services bills

09/11/19

The legislation takes aim at third-party bank service vendors, the backlog of FHA appraisals, rural housing assistance and other issues where there is broad agreement.

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'You don’t have to like the GSEs': Comments of the week

08/29/19

Readers react to jilted GSE legacy shareholders and a proposal making it harder to cite disparate impact, criticize Democrats asking the CFPB to stop its payday rule revamp and more.

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Citi raises minimum wage after prod from Maxine Waters

08/28/19

Citigroup quietly boosted its minimum wage to $15 an hour in June, joining competitors in awarding raises to rank-and-file staff.

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Waters meets with Swiss officials to discuss Facebook's crypto plans

08/26/19

House Financial Services Committee Chair Maxine Waters, D-Calif., and a bipartisan congressional delegation met with Swiss government officials last week to discuss Facebook’s plans to launch and operate a digital currency.

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Big banks need more diversity in leadership ranks: House Democrats

08/13/19

With women and minorities holding less than 25% of top positions at the eight largest U.S. banks, House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters and other Democrats called on banks to improve their recruiting efforts and invest in programs aimed at building pipelines of diverse talent.

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Waters, Brown warn regulators not to weaken margin rules

08/01/19

Expanding exemptions for initial margin requirements on swaps transactions “would harm financial stability and U.S. taxpayers,” said the top Democrats on the House and Senate banking panels.

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House lawmakers go light on BB&T-SunTrust merger

07/24/19

The deal cleared another key hurdle as Financial Services Committee members showed little interest in slowing the formation of Truist Financial.

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Despite outcry, Congress unlikely to block Facebook's crypto plan

07/19/19

Lawmakers from both parties strongly criticized Libra this week, but largely steered clear of proposals to stop it.

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House lawmakers square off over Facebook's crypto plans

07/17/19

Democrats called on the social media company to halt its Libra project, while Republicans said Congress should keep the door open to innovation.

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