Trump administration

Why Tarullo is leaving the Fed — and what remains unfinished

02/10/17

The Federal Reserve Board should continue to focus on emerging systemic threats and work on exempting community banks from rules clearly aimed at larger institutions, said Fed Gov. Daniel Tarullo, who unexpectedly announced his pending departure Friday.

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‘America First’ policy may backfire on banks

02/09/17

In a white paper published Thursday morning, consulting firm Federal Financial Analytics warns that President Trump’s protectionist attitudes toward the manufacturing and industrial sectors may usher in a new era of uncertainty for the financial services industry.

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Trump has opportunity to restore balance in fair lending cases

02/07/17

The past 16 years have seen the pendulum swing far too wide between lax civil rights enforcement on one extreme and overreaching on the other.

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How Trump can be a financial innovation president

02/06/17

The new president should establish a pro-innovation culture that avoids picking winners and losers and blocks regulations that unduly hamper innovation.

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Cheat Sheet: What Trump can — and can’t — do to Dodd-Frank

02/03/17

The Trump administration released an executive order Friday calling for a review of the Dodd-Frank Act, but the immediate questions about the order focused on what authority the White House has to enact real change.

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Trump's Dodd-Frank dismantling; Deutsche Bank's mea culpa

02/03/17

President to sign executive order Friday to roll Dodd-Frank as battle lines form over various sections of the act; Deutsche Bank's John Cryan issues an "especially contrite" apology for the German bank's past mistakes.

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Banks beef up security; Democrats boycott cabinet votes

02/01/17

Banks are checking vendors' security practices; Mnuchin appointment to Treasury put on hold as Democrats stall.

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What Andrew Jackson could tell us about Trump’s banking policy

01/31/17

If President Trump takes a stand against large banks and in support of smaller banks, he would be following the legacy of the nation’s seventh president.

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Bank executives weigh in on travel ban; Trump takes aim at Dodd-Frank

01/31/17

Wall Street banks comment on the president's temporary halt on immigration from Muslim-majority nations; Trump promises to do "a big number" on financial reform act.

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If Trump replaces Cordray at CFPB, what happens next?

01/26/17

A new director of the consumer bureau must focus on how a still-relatively-young agency matures while maintaining a positive consumer protection agenda.

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