Following the CFPB’s calls for 12 different RFIs last year, one mortgage industry group released an entire new “roadmap for the future” of the regulator.
Read More »Relaxation and Recalibration: Financial Regulators Shift Gears
A member of the Federal Reserve Board and other experts discuss changes in financial regulations and what they mean for the industry and consumers.
Read More »Financial Choice and the Year to Come
The Financial Choice Act would give regional and community banks a way to avoid most aspects of Dodd-Frank regulations, and a policy which would force big bank’s parent companies to file bankruptcy and restructure, instead of the current Dodd-Frank policy.
Read More »Should Regulations Get Tougher for Wall Street?
In the midst of a heated debate in Congress where Republicans are trying to replace Dodd-Frank with a proposal of their own, a poll showed bi-partisan support for greater financial accountability and tougher regulation.
Read More »Bank Regulation: Is it for Better or for Worse?
Are the post-crisis liquidity regulations for banks helping the financial system, or will they lead to another crisis? it depends on whom you ask.
Read More »OCC Head Shoots Down Volcker’s Plan
Last week, former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker had proposed a plan for overhauling the federal regulatory system—one that included eliminating the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) altogether. Since dubbed the “Volcker plan,” the head of the OCC, Thomas Curry, has come out against the proposal, saying it would be ineffective at solving the nation’s regulatory issues.
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