WORD OF THE DAY® – Clean-Up Call
April 16, 2025 - The U.S. Department of the Treasury released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for February 2025. The next release, which will report on data for March 2025, is scheduled for May 16, 2025....more
April 8, 2025 - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Acting Chair Travis Hill gave a speech entitled “View from the FDIC: Update on Key Policy Issues” at the American Bankers Association Washington Summit....more
April 4, 2025- The chairmen of the House Committee on Financial Services and House Committee on Agriculture wrote an article entitled “Coindesk: A Blueprint for Digital Assets in America.”...more
April 1, 2025 - The Conference of State Bank Supervisors sent a letter to House Financial Services Committee leadership that raised concerns about stablecoin legislation. April 1, 2025 - Chairman French Hill (AR-02) and...more
March 31, 2025 - The Federal Reserve Board published a working paper entitled “The Evolution of Inflation Targeting from the 1990s to 2020s: Developments and New Challenges.”...more
March 26, 2025 - The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions held a hearing entitled “A New Era for the CFPB: Balancing Power and Reprioritizing Consumer Protections.”...more
March 24, 2025- Federal Reserve Board Governor Michael S. Barr gave a speech entitled, “Helping Small Businesses Reach Their Potential,” at the Aspen Institute. March 24, 2025- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York...more
March 17, 2025 - Michelle W. Bowman, currently a governor on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, was nominated to serve as the vice chair of supervision....more
March 6, 2025- U.S. Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Chair Tim Scott (R-S.C.) led legislation that would eliminate the ability for federal regulators to use reputational risk as a component of supervision....more
February 27, 2025- The Division of Corporation Finance is providing its views on “meme coins” to provide greater clarity on the application of the federal securities laws to crypto assets....more
February 25, 2025- The Financial Deposit Insurance Corporation released the Quarterly Banking Profile for Q4 2024 with reports from 4,487 commercial banks and savings institutions insured by the FDIC which reported a...more
February 24, 2025 - The European Banking Authority (EBA) published a Report assessing the availability and accessibility of data related to environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks as well as the feasibility of...more
February 18, 2025- Federal Reserve Board Vice Chair for Supervision Michael S. Barr gave a speech entitled, “Artificial Intelligence: Hypothetical Scenarios for the Future,” at the Council on Foreign Relations....more
February 11, 2025- The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs held a hearing entitled “The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress.” The Committee heard testimony from the Honorable Jerome H....more
February 6, 2025- Federal Reserve Board Vice Chair Philip N. Jefferson gave a speech entitled, “Do Non-inflationary Economic Expansions Promote Shared Prosperity? Evidence from the U.S. Labor Market,” at Swarthmore...more
February 5, 2025 - The Federal Reserve Board released the hypothetical scenarios for its annual stress test, which helps ensure that large banks can lend to households and businesses even in a severe recession....more
Stablecoin Regulatory Framework Proposed - The Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act legislation was proposed to establish a clear regulatory framework for payment stablecoins....more
January 21, 2025 - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Acting Chair Travis Hill issued a statement on the FDIC’s priorities in the coming weeks and months....more
January 16, 2025- The U.S. Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs held a hearing on the nomination of Mr. Eric Scott Turner, to be Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development....more
January 9, 2025- House Financial Services Committee Chairman French Hill (AR-02) announced the House Financial Services Committee’s Vice Chairman, Subcommittees Chairs, Vice Chair for Communications and Committee Whip for...more
January 8, 2025- The Federal Reserve released the minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting that was held on December 17–18, 2024. January 8, 2025 - Federal Reserve Board Governor Christopher J. Waller gave a...more
December 18, 2024- The Federal Open Markets Committee decided to lower the target range for the federal funds rate by 1/4 percentage point to 4-1/4 to 4-1/2 percent. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System...more
December 6, 2024 - The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published an order establishing supervisory authority over Google Payment Corp. Google promptly filed a lawsuit challenging such decisions....more
December 4, 2024- The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services held a hearing entitled “Innovation Revolution: How Technology is Shaping the Future of Finance.”...more
December 3, 2024 - The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed a rule addressing data brokers that sell Americans' sensitive personal and financial information....more