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'It makes my head explode': Comments of the week

11/07/19

Readers react to Sen. Warren calling for banks to fund her Medicare plan, a proposal requiring big-bank CEOs to testify before Congress, federal regulators missing Trump-appointees on their board and more.

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Warren won't let banks escape health care debate

11/04/19

If elected president, Sen. Elizabeth Warren would charge large banks a fee to help pay for her Medicare-for-all plan.

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Does Amazon-Google-Microsoft hold on the cloud pose a risk to banking?

09/30/19

With financial institutions relying more and more on cloud computing services, Washington is increasingly focused on the concentration of industry data in the big three technology giants.

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Fed proposes capital requirements for insurance units

09/06/19

The Fed is seeking feedback on a "Building Block Approach" to risk-based capital standards for firms heavily engaged in insurance activities.

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Unfinished business: 8 reg-relief items on agencies' docket

08/01/19

The regulators have yet to complete rules on regional bank supervision, community bank capital and other provisions meant to ease institutions' burden.

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Is there a better way to fight money laundering?

07/28/19

Banks submit millions of Bank Secrecy Act filings each year, yet only a fraction are valuable to law enforcement. Inside the effort to change that.

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FDIC eases requirements on deposit tracking

07/16/19

The agency's board voted 3-1 on Tuesday to give large banks additional time to comply with new rules that force them to keep better track of insured deposits.

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Libra takes a beating on Capitol Hill (again)

07/11/19

For the second straight day, concerns about Facebook's cryptocurrency project dominated lawmakers’ questioning of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.

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FSOC’s proposals would promote financial stability, not undermine it

06/28/19

Focusing regulatory reforms on risk-based activities is a more effective approach to weeding out potential systemic threats.

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FDIC to consolidate supervision and resolution activities for large banks

06/27/19

The FDIC's new complex institution supervision and resolution division will be operational July 21.

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