May 15, 2024- The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services held a hearing entitled, “Oversight of Prudential Regulators.” The Committee heard testimony from: the Honorable Michael Barr, Vice Chairman for Supervision,...more
January 30, 2024- The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions held a hearing entitled, "Better Investment Barriers:...more
December 7, 2023- U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Ranking Member Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Banking Committee Republicans are calling on Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Martin...more
November 22, 2023- The Federal Reserve Board, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency announced that they will extend until January 16, 2024, the comment period on their...more
November 20, 2023- The Department of Financial Protection and Innovation announced it is seeking public comment prior to engaging in formal rulemaking for the new Digital Financial Assets Law, which was signed into law by...more
November 6, 2023- The Bank of England, Prudential Regulation Authority, and UK Financial Conduct Authority published their proposed approach to innovation in payments, money and money-like instruments. The proposals are...more
October 17, 2023- Senior officials from the Federal Reserve Board, Bank of England, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and Securities and Exchange Commission convened a hybrid...more
September 19, 2023- The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets held a hearing entitled, "Oversight of the SEC's Division of Investment Management."...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
September 11, 2023- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York's Center for Microeconomic Data released the August 2023 Survey of Consumer Expectations, which shows that inflation expectations were largely stable, rising...more
Federal Reserve Board- Results of 2023 bank Stress Test Released- The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Board (Federal Reserve) released the results of its annual stress test, documenting that the nation's...more
June 22, 2023- The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing entitled, "The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress." June 22, 2023- The U.S. House Committee on Financial...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
May 25, 2023- The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions held a hearing entitled, "International Financial Institutions in an...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
May 15, 2023- U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, and Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA-43), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, led...more
April 18, 2023- The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing on the nominations of- i) Dr. Jared Bernstein, of Virginia, to be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, Executive...more
March 30, 2023- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has finalized a rule required by Congress to increase transparency in small business lending, promote economic development, and combat unlawful discrimination....more
March 27, 2023- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) entered into a purchase and assumption agreement for all deposits and loans of Silicon Valley Bridge Bank, National Association, by First–Citizens Bank & Trust...more
March 23, 2023- Senior Leadership in Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Committee) sent letters to Gregory Becker, former CEO of Silicon Valley Bank, and Joseph DePaolo, former CEO of Signature Bank,...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 7, 2022- Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, announced that the Committee successfully secured key provisions in the latest text of the National Defense...more
October 31, 2022- Securities and Exchange Commission Commissioner Caroline A. Crenshaw gave remarks at the inaugural ECGI Responsible Capitalism Summit entitled, "Moving Forward in Our Lane."...more
October 26, 2022- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control took action to counter the Government of the Russian Federation's persistent influence campaigns and systemic corruption in Moldova by...more
October 13, 2022- Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, joined Professor Chris Brummer, Professor at Georgetown University Law Center and founder of DC Fintech Week, at DC Fintech Week to discuss...more