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By Claude R. Marx |
March 9, 2011
Sens. Jon Tester and Bob Corker will likely introduce legislation early next week that would mandate a two-year postponement of the implementation of the Federal Reserve’s proposed rule regulating interchange fees.
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By Claude R. Marx |
March 3, 2011
Consumers may have to pay as much as 20% down for their mortgages to be exempt from risk-retention standards, according to media reports about the discussions among regulatory agencies.
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By Claude R. Marx |
June 10, 2010
The issue of regulating interchange fees will be one of the topics lawmakers have to deal with when the House-Senate conference committee meets today to reconcile the differences between the financial reform bills passed by both chambers.
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By Claude R. Marx |
June 2, 2010
After having dropped off for a month, CUNA's Credit Union Legislative Action Council is again on the list of top of the top 20 donors to federal candidates, according to data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics.
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By Claude R. Marx |
May 25, 2010
The chairmen and ranking Republicans of the Senate Agriculture and Banking committees are among the 12 senators named to the Senate-House conference committee that will reconcile differences between the regulatory overhauls.
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By Claude R. Marx |
May 5, 2010
Within two weeks of the ascension of Rep. Sander Levin (D-Mich.) to the chairmanship of the House Ways and Means Committee,
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By Claude R. Marx |
April 1, 2010
Sen. Bob Corker, a key Republican negotiator on regulatory restructuring, said he wants to be sure that the proposed entity to regulate consumer financial products will take a balanced approach.
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By Claude R. Marx |
March 31, 2010
Now the action goes back behind closed doors.
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By Claude R. Marx |
March 24, 2010
WASHINGTON -- For credit unions, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd's proposed regulatory overhaul is both the best of bills and the worst of bills.
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By Claude R. Marx |
March 17, 2010
WASHINGTON -- As credit unions and other financial service providers awaited a draft of the Senate regulatory restructuring, a key negotiator of the bill said when it comes to a new consumer agency, location is less important than teeth.
