U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) is urging Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to strengthen enforcement penalties under the Fed’s Investment and Trading Policy. Brown, in a letter to Powell, cite...
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A recent survey by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) found that large banks are offering worse credit card terms and interest rates than small banks and credit unions, regardless of cred...
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A group of Democrats in Congress recently introduced legislation that seeks to protect consumers from price gouging. The Price Gouging Prevention Act of 2024 would authorize the Federal Trade Commi...
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce rolled out a new tool that shows the economic impact of the 20 percent pass-through deduction on businesses, workers, and local economies. The tool, an interactive map...
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On Thursday, U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Jack Reed (D-RI), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) asked instant payment platform Zelle to clarify what its policies are when it comes to protecting consumers ...
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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) FINRA has fined Morgan Stanley Smith Barney for its repeated failures to timely close out failed inter-dealer municipal securities transactions. ...
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U.S. Rep. Roger Williams (R-TX) has reached out to the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) about five proposed rules that he says could harm businesses, including small businesses. Th...
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a rule this week that would update the dollar threshold for a fund to qualify as a “qualifying venture capital fund.” Specifically, the rul...
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) proposed a new rule to keep criminals and foreign adversaries from exploiting the U.S. financial system through in...
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On Tuesday, two U.S. senators asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to look into the Veterans’ small business lending programs. U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), the chair of the U.S....
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