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CEOs of eight of the largest U.S. banks, including Bank of America, CitiGroup, and more, appeared before the House Financial Services Committee to discuss how policies and procedures have changed since the financial crisis.
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With the rate of natural disasters increasing in recent years, the National Flood Insurance program requires another look.
Read More »Wells Fargo’s Sloan and CFPB’s Kraninger Appear Before Congress
The bank's CEO and the bureau's Director appeared Tuesday morning before different congressional committees. Click through to follow our developing coverage.
Read More »Uniting Over Housing
Here is how a divided Congress can come together and solve the current housing market challenges through bipartisan legislation.
Read More »The Week Ahead: Spotlight on Monetary Policy
On Tuesday and Wednesday, Fed Chair Jerome Powell will give his semiannual monetary policy testimony. Here’s what else is happening in the Week Ahead.
Read More »House Bill Would Streamline Volcker Rule
The push to streamline reforms put in place after the financial crisis continues as the House of Representatives has passed a new bill that would streamline the Volcker Rule. Implemented as part of the larger Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and ...
Read More »Making Mortgage Forgiveness Tax Relief Permanent
United States tax policy has been in the spotlight in recent months, with President Trump signing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act into law in December, and experts debating what the long-term impact of the bill will be ever since. ...
Read More »House Passes Four Financial Services Bills
All eyes were on the Senate Tuesday afternoon as it took up discussion of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, a bipartisan bill that would scale back and modify certain regulations put in place by the 2010 ...
Read More »Powell Doubles Down on “Further Gradual” Interest Rate Hikes
On Tuesday, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell made his first appearance before Congress since being sworn into the role. Remarking on the strengthening U.S. economy, Powell told Congress that “some of the headwinds the U.S. economy faced in previous years ...
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