WORD OF THE DAY® – Clean-Up Call
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 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
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
September 10, 2024 - Federal Reserve Board Vice Chair for Supervision Michael S Barr delivered a speech at the Brookings Institution on re-proposal of regulations to implement the Basel III Endgame....more
September 9, 2024- Securities and Exchange Commission Chief Accountant Paul Munter made a statement at the 2024 AICPA & CIMA Conference on Banks & Savings Institutions....more
July 30, 2024 - The Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) approved a notice of proposed rulemaking, which if implemented, will effectively roll back significant portions of 2020’s...more
March 20, 2024- The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets held a hearing entitled, "SEC Overreach: Examining the Need for Reform." March 20, 2024- The U.S. House Committee on...more
November 16, 2023- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Board of Directors approved a final rule to implement a special assessment to recover the loss to the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) associated with protecting...more
September 20, 2023- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg addressed The Exchequer Club in Washington, DC on the financial stability risks of nonbank financial institutions....more
September 12, 2023- The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing entitled, "Oversight of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission."...more
July 27, 2023- The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency are requesting comment on a proposal to increase the strength and...more
July 26, 2023- The Department of Justice, Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), and the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a joint compliance note focusing...more
July 12, 2023- The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services held a hearing entitled, "Protecting Investor Interests: Examining Environmental and Social Policy in Financial Regulation."...more
July 11, 2023- The U.S. House Financial Services Committee announced the following hearing: National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions Subcommittee Hearing Entitled: "Potential...more
June 21, 2023- The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a nomination hearing on the following nominations: •The Honorable Philip Nathan Jefferson, of North Carolina, to be Vice Chairman of the...more
June 14, 2023- The Federal Open Market Committee announced that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve) has voted unanimously to maintain the interest rate paid on reserve balances at 5.15...more
June 13, 2023- The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing entitled, "The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Semi-Annual Report to Congress."...more
June 12, 2023 The Accountability Through Confirmation Act and the Protecting Small Business Information Act have each been introduced to reform the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)....more
May 16, 2023- The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing entitled, "Examining the Failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank."...more
April 28, 2023- The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve) on Friday announced the results from the review of the supervision and regulation of Silicon Valley Bank....more
March 29, 2023- U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), both members of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) introduced...more
March 7, 2023- The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing entitled, "The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress." March 7, 2023- U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), Chairman of...more
December 16, 2022- Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) sent a letter to the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO)...more
December 14, 2022- The Federal Reserve Board issued a Federal Open Market Committee statement following the Committee meeting held December 13-14....more
December 8, 2022- U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and...more