Politics and policy
Politics and policy
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The industry may want to build its own large language model.
August 10 -
Mario Greco, who led his firm out of the Net Zero Insurance Alliance earlier this year amid a wider exodus from the group, has spoken out against the network of voluntary climate alliances that represent some of the biggest names in global finance, calling them "political and bureaucratic."
August 10 -
The problem is clear: Existing weather is visibly outrunning our combined efforts to stem global warming. Humans are losing the race against heat.
July 28 -
Synthetic fraud — which combines real and false identifying information — has been a niche variety of identity theft for some time. But recent advancements in artificial intelligence and people's access to it might bring it into the mainstream in a big way.
July 4 -
Silicon Valley Bank and its customers favored the simplicity and convenience of eschewing deposit insurance coverage despite the risks. Some experts say regulators' decision to make depositors whole might be sending the industry the wrong message.
March 27 -
The Biden administration is set to release an aggressive new national cybersecurity strategy.
March 2 -
The free market must encourage higher cost providers to lower their prices, or those with poorer outcomes to improve by adopting best practices.
March 2 -
The closely watched case — which goes to the heart of how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau operates — could have a huge impact on consumers, the agency and the many industries it oversees and those it seeks to regulate.
February 27 -
The cut reverts the mortgage insurance requirement to pre-financial crisis levels.
February 22 -
Democrats contend Finance Committee Chair Patrick McHenry has made the regulation of digital assets a priority over industry diversity.
February 2 -
Special purpose credit programs, down payment assistance and potential mortgage insurance premium cuts came into focus over the past year.
December 29 -
After months of delay, Congress has passed its landmark retirement legislation. Here's what advisors should know about it.
December 23 -
The Senate voted to confirm Martin Gruenberg as chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., Travis Hill as its vice chairman and Jonathan McKernan to join the agency's board.
December 19 -
The tool, which includes overlays for industry metrics like delinquencies, could be helpful to policymakers trying to size up the cost of natural disasters affecting properties.
December 13 -
The new product will be based on a recent revision to the Department of Veterans Affairs' handbook for lenders, according to the company.
October 19 -
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. also approved the advance notice of proposed rulemaking for large-bank resolvability requirements and made some changes to its process for banks to appeal supervisory decisions.
October 18 -
The bank regulators said they are open to all possibilities as they sought input on potential changes to resolution policies for large regional banks, but that hasn't stopped policy specialists from reading between the lines.
October 18 -
The Biden administration has selected Travis Hill, formerly Jelena McWilliams' policy chief, for the No. 2 spot on the board of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
September 20 - AB - Policy & Regulation
American Banker interviewed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau chief about his views on Big Tech, the qualified mortgage rule, real-time payments apps and more.
July 27 -
Alloy, Marqeta and other technology firms drafted policies to assist employees in states that restrict abortion access, even before they had all the answers.
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