Politics and policy
Politics and policy
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Democratic and Republican lawmakers alike pilloried former Silicon Valley Bank CEO Greg Becker over his compensation package.
May 16 -
The former vice chair for supervision challenged his successor's report on the failure of Silicon Valley Bank, said changes that move away from transparency and consistency 'won't survive' in court.
May 12 -
The Federal Reserve Board governor also called for the Fed to commission an independent investigation into the failure of Silicon Valley Bank.
May 12 -
Speaking before the International Swaps and Derivatives Association's annual meeting, Treasury Undersecretary for Domestic Finance Nellie Liang said liquidity and interest rate risk in the banking sector is being managed, but said fears of risk mounting in the nonbank sector are a source of concern.
May 11 -
The Federal Reserve chair said he holds himself accountable for ensuring proper regulatory and supervisory changes are enacted in response to recent bank failures.
May 3 -
The legislative proposals backed by Republican members of congress seek to undo the latest cross-subsidized adjustments to loan fees that two large government-related mortgage investors charge.
April 28 -
On Friday, Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr will share findings from his review of the supervision of Silicon Valley Bank before its failure last month.
April 26 -
Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr had promised to share findings from his review of the Fed's oversight efforts for the failed bank by May 1.
April 25 -
The proposal marks a concession for Republicans, but it's designed more to start negotiations with the White House rather than pass the Democratic-controlled Senate.
April 17 -
In wide-ranging remarks on the recent banking crisis, the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said other regulators aren't using enough of their powers to supervise banks.
April 11 -
Executive compensation legislation could be one of the few areas of bipartisan agreement in Congress in the wake of the Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank failures.
April 4 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a broad policy statement on what constitutes an "abusive" act or practice. Industry has long sought to narrow the definition.
April 3 -
More congressional scrutiny is being directed at the San Francisco Federal Reserve bank and its role in supervising Silicon Valley Bank.
March 31 -
The rules President Joe Biden calls for include minimizing the financial burden that replenishing the Deposit Insurance Fund would impose on community banks.
March 30 -
Jelena McWilliams, who chaired the agency during the Trump administration, said removing the cap on insured deposits would impact the banking sector in three key ways.
March 29 -
The use of the Federal Reserve's emergency lending facilities was largely unchanged this week, indicating to some that the recent liquidity crisis isn't getting any worse.
March 24 -
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen repeated her comment from a day earlier that the government's recent actions were "taken to ensure that Americans' deposits are safe." She sought to clarify it with a new line: "Certainly, we would be prepared to take additional actions if warranted."
March 23 -
A federal appeals court ruled in favor of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, setting up a court split ahead of a highly anticipated Supreme Court hearing in October. The Fifth Circuit previously ruled that the agency's funding mechanism violates the Constitution's separation of powers doctrine.
March 23 -
The incentive structures for both banks and large, sophisticated depositors have changed because of federal regulators' decision to guarantee the uninsured deposits of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.
March 21 -
The new fees based on the DTI, which lenders have said is too likely to vary throughout the origination process for a single loan, will now go into effect in August.
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