Policymaking

ABA taps former JPM lobbyist for new policy post

03/21/18

The American Bankers Association has named Naomi Camper, who spent seven years as the top lobbyist for JPMorgan Chase, as its chief policy officer.

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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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N.Y. Fed narrows Dudley successor search to 'handful' of people

03/16/18

Directors at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said they had narrowed their search for the bank's next president to a "handful of final candidates," without naming any of those still in the running or the timetable for announcing their selection.

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Mulvaney is reforming, not destroying, CFPB

03/15/18

The acting director’s five-year plan shows that he wants to bring moderation to the agency, not ruin it from within.

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Housing market needs an explicit government guarantee

03/14/18

A clear government backstop for the mortgage market would benefit small banks and investors by ensuring a stable and liquid secondary market for securities.

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Will HMDA data carve-out for small banks make discrimination easier?

03/13/18

Community banks and consumer advocates are clashing over a provision in the Senate banking bill on mortgage data reporting, but there’s been little vetting of what the measure would actually do.

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Government needs to rethink cybersecurity approach

03/12/18

Policymakers need to focus less on how they regulate the banking industry’s cyber defenses and more on how they will protect the financial system from an attack.

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Regulators need room to maneuver during next crisis

03/09/18

As government officials reconsider how best to wind down large financial institutions, they should ensure the banking agencies have flexibility to act without disrupting markets.

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‘What a load of horse hockey!’: Comments of the week

03/08/18

Readers opine on the possibility of an Amazon-JPMorgan Chase checking partnership, weigh in on the Crapo bill, applaud plans that would make the CFPB more of a backup regulator and more.

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