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Republican senators on the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee are asking banking regulators to review their process of using Matters Requiring Attention (MRA) in the bank supervisory process....more
On December 13, 2023, the Congressional Research Service issued a report titled How the Credit Card Competition Act of 2023 Could Affect Consumers, Merchants, and Banks highlighting potential issues for Congress....more
Below is this week’s congressional update by BakerHostetler’s Federal Policy team. We’ll continue to post in weeks when both chambers of Congress are in session....more
Congress will be “starting from scratch” in attempting to establish a regulatory framework for stablecoins — an issue that many believe is the top digital asset legislative priority. On April 15, 2023, the US House...more
July 13, 2022- Michael Barr, President Biden's nominee for Governor and Vice Chair for Supervision at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate....more
As lawmakers debate whether to extend the Federal Reserve’s emergency loan programs, Congressional Oversight Commissioners are divided on the issue. The New York Times reported that Commissioner Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) is...more
..Congressional Oversight Commissioner Rep. Donna Shalala (D-FL) lost her bid for reelection. Commissioner Rep. French Hill (R-AR) was reelected. ..The Congressional Oversight Commission released its sixth report, which...more
The Congressional Oversight Commission released its fifth report, which focuses on the Federal Reserve’s Municipal Liquidity Facility (MLF). The MLF was established to help state and local governments better manage cash flow...more
On October 2, 2018, the U.S. Senate’s Banking Committee held a hearing to review regulators’ implementation of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act (S.2155) since its passage in June. As framed...more
In this week's newsletter, we provide a snapshot of the principal US, European and global financial regulatory developments of interest to banks, investment firms, broker-dealers, market infrastructure providers, asset...more
On September 12, 2017, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit and the Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade conducted a joint hearing titled,...more
Introduction - The financial services industry is poised to receive some regulatory relief from an unlikely source: President-elect Donald J. Trump. On the campaign trail, Trump often sounded like a populist crusader...more
US Federal Reserve Bank Presidents Esther George (Kansas City) and Dr. Jeffrey Lacker (Richmond) testified before the US House of Representatives Financial Services Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade, in a hearing...more