The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) recently released the 2022-2024 Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Equitable Housing Finance Plans, which detail efforts targeting sustainable housing access. The ...
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The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), along with a coalition of 44 state community banking associations, is urging Congress to include legislation in the America COMPETES Act that allow...
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The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has added the unemployment insurance (UI) system to the list of federal areas that are considered “high risk” for waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanage...
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U.S. Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) introduced legislation that would create a regulatory framework for digital assets that encourages responsible financial innovation, flex...
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Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Chairman Sherrod Brown (D-OH) is advocating the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) review efforts to bolster consumer data protection....
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The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has released its first Mission Report outlining Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) activities and those of the Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBanks). ...
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U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) expressed concerns following a Trustees of the Social Security and Medicare trust funds report regarding potential benefit cuts. The report projects that the Social Se...
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At the US Conference of Mayors' annual meeting in Reno on June 6, the gathering of mayors passed a resolution urging Congress to pass the SAFE Banking Act for cannabis businesses. The SAFE Banking...
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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) recently introduced legislation that would allow borrowers to refinance federal student loans at zero percent interest. The Zero-Percent Student Loan Refinancing Act ...
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The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), along with state banking associations from 44 starts, is urging the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) not to allow its proposed statemen...
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