Politics and policy
Politics and policy
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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.
July 19 -
Lawmakers on the Senate Banking Committee voiced some scattered support for changes to improve the finances of the National Flood Insurance Program, but comprehensive reform appears out of reach.
June 27 -
The payments and financial services industry has enjoyed an unprecedented wave of invention, but the fruits of that labor are threatened by an ideologically driven political climate that complicates the evolution of global interoperable mobile-driven commerce.
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