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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 10, 2025 - The Federal Reserve Board, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency reported in the 2024 Shared National Credit (SNC) report that credit risk associated with...more
February 20, 2025- The Bank Policy Institute, American Bankers Association, Americas Focus Committee of the Association of Global Custodians, Financial Services Forum, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association...more
February 14, 2025- The Federal Reserve Board published a working paper entitled “Estimating the Volume of Counterfeit U.S. Currency in Circulation.” February 14, 2025- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York published a...more
February 7, 2025 - The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the appointment of Rodney E. Hood as Acting Comptroller of the Currency, effective February 10, 2025. The Acting Comptroller also will be a director on the...more
November 7, 2024 - The Federal Open Markets Committee decided to lower the target range for the federal funds rate by 1/4 percentage point to 4-1/2 to 4-3/4 percent. November 7, 2024- Securities and Exchange...more
October 15, 2024 - The Federal Reserve Board released the minutes from its recent meetings to review and determine the discount rates provided to depository institutions through the discount window. The minutes cover the...more
August 21, 2024- The Federal Reserve on Wednesday released the minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting that was held on July 30–31, 2024. August 21, 2024- The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston published a...more
June 6, 2024- The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), in partnership with the Brookings Institution, hosted the first day of a conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Financial Stability....more
January 18, 2024- The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing entitled, "National Security Challenges: Outpacing China in Emerging Technology."...more
January 16, 2024- The Federal Reserve Board published a working paper entitled, "A Field Guide to Monetary Policy Implementation Issues in a New World with CBDC, Stablecoin, and Narrow Banks."...more
September 18, 2023- New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) issued an update on an ongoing initiative to strengthen DFS oversight of virtual currencies. September 18, 2023- The Federal Reserve Bank of New...more
July 7, 2023- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and U.S. Department of Treasury launched an inquiry into high-cost specialty financial products, such as medical...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
April 7, 2023- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York published a Liberty Street Economics blog post entitled, "How Do Interest Rates (and Depositors) Impact Measures of Bank Value?"...more
January 11, 2023- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed a rule to establish a public registry of supervised nonbanks' terms and conditions in what the Bureau describes as "take it or leave it" form contracts,...more
September 7, 2022- The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, hosted a listening session with consumers from around the country....more
August 8, 2022- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned virtual currency mixer Tornado Cash, which was used to launder more than $7 billion worth of virtual currency since its...more
In This Issue. The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will no longer charge lenders the Adverse Market Refinance Fee; the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is seeking...more
In This Issue. In a move that gives him the opportunity to put his stamp on housing policy and the potential overhaul of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, President Biden replaced the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency...more
In the News. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), along with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and more than 50 federal and state law enforcement partners, announced Operation Corrupt Collector, a nationwide law...more
In this Issue: Senate Votes to Expand Paycheck Protection Program; FHFA (Finally) Addresses Liquidity Concerns for Mortgage Servicers. Yesterday, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed legislation providing $484 billion in...more
Fiat Chrysler and rival Peugeot have agreed to binding merger terms that, if approved by US and European regulators, would create a “$50 billion auto giant that would rank among the world’s largest car companies by sales”....more
PG&E’s woes continue. Not only is the company still in the midst of a dangerous fire season, but it’s struggling to find a path out of bankruptcy while fending off a growing chorus of cities and state officials “threatening...more
Less than a day after the Journal reported that CBS and the Redstones are nearing a deal to resolve their many differences, we’ve learned that CBS chief Les Moonves—facing an investigation into alleged sexual harassment...more