Regulatory relief

'The problem with people today': Comments of week

06/02/17

Readers weigh in on the in-store branch model, how community banks hone their message, the difficulty cash-strapped consumers face in finding bank loans, and more.

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Deregulation poses global threat of regulatory arbitrage

05/31/17

In the end, many of the reforms designed to protect the global financial system and leading global economies from future crises could be erased.

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Small banks get a vehicle for regulatory relief in the Senate

05/26/17

A bipartisan group of senators want more community banks to get relief from Dodd-Frank capital requirements.

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Here’s why the Durbin repeal got pulled from House reg relief bill

05/25/17

A Dodd-Frank overhaul bill faced trouble in the House because lawmakers did not want to vote on a provision to repeal debit swipe fee limits.

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GOP plan to scrap agency guidance takes step forward

05/23/17

The Government Accountability Office has agreed to a request by a GOP lawmaker to examine whether congress can reject regulators' guidance.

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Dodd-Frank left a lot to regulators’ discretion. Why that matters now

05/19/17

The ability of federal agencies to interpret the Volcker Rule and other provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act could be a positive for advocates of deregulation.

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'Mediocre, but it works': Comments of the week

05/19/17

Readers opine on legacy core systems, the negative messaging around the Troubled Asset Relief Program, Jamie Dimon defending his Trump ties, and more.

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Drilling down on Mnuchin’s first Senate Banking appearance

05/18/17

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin was pressed for his views on housing finance reform, what a “modernized” version of the Glass-Steagall Act would look like and a two-tiered regulatory system.

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Bipartisan bill would raise stress testing thresholds for community banks

05/17/17

Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., and Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., introduced legislation Wednesday that would raise the stress testing threshold for small and community banks to $50 billion of assets.

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More than 150 law professors defend CFPB

05/16/17

A House Republican bill would allow lax lending standards to creep back into the financial system by gutting the CFPB, according to a letter from 158 law professors and scholars.

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