Regulatory relief

No, regulators did not gut the Volcker Rule

05/30/18

The proposal to ease compliance with the Volcker Rule was portrayed as a rollback of the Dodd-Frank ban on proprietary trading. But it wasn't — here's why.

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Volcker 2.0 gives banks with limited trading a break

05/30/18

Proposal to revamp 2013 rule appears to home in on larger banks with higher trading volume and ease the requirements for others.

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Bank stocks: The reg relief bump

05/29/18

Despite Tuesday's blip, many bank have seen double-digit gains in the months since the Dodd-Frank reform law was unveiled. There's good reason to think the run-up will continue.

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Reg relief will fuel M&A, but long-term gains may prove elusive

05/29/18

Industry consolidation can help boost bank profitability in the short run, but it’s no panacea for the industry’s bigger problems.

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Cheat sheet: How regulators plan to revamp the Volcker Rule

05/29/18

Volcker 2.0 could bring significant relief for the industry, but will likely fall short of what many had hoped.

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CFPB’s Mulvaney plots HMDA rollback, but it may not matter

05/25/18

Lenders would have a lighter data-reporting burden, but they may end up deciding to collect the data anyway.

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The real implications of regulatory relief

05/25/18

After several years of financial policy defeats, banks finally basked in a legislative victory: the first real package of regulatory relief since the crisis. But the long-term effects of that victory are still to be determined. Here is what it all means.

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Bank dereg bill just the start; pushing retailers’ button

05/25/18

President plans to ease regulatory burden on the largest banks; online merchants say a Visa-Mastercard button blocks cheaper payment methods.

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Decision on fintech charter coming this summer: OCC’s Otting

05/24/18

The remarks by the comptroller of the currency came as his agency released a new report on emerging risks in the banking industry.

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Big banks may pay political cost of reg relief despite gaining little

05/24/18

Though the regulatory relief law easing the Dodd-Frank Act does little to help the biggest banks, it is still fueling progressive Democrats' anger at Wall Street. That will matter when Democrats eventually retake power.

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