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U.S. Financial Services Regulatory News of the Week

It has been a very full week in financial services regulatory news.

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US foreign bank capital requirements: Time for a rethink?

Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R, MO-3), as Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, sent Chair Yellen a letter on August 24 regarding the capital...

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Mnuchin Repeats Call for CFIUS Reform While Stressing National Security Element Focus on Regulation

On June 7, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said publicly that Congress should pass legislation to amend the authorizing statute for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United...

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Mnuchin Urges Amending CFIUS Reviews

On Thursday, May 18, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin waded further publicly into efforts on Capitol Hill to amend the authorizing statute underlying the Committee on Foreign...

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Seeking to Restrict Chinese Investment in the U.S., Congress Considering CFIUS Reforms

Lawmakers in both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate are examining ways to restrict Chinese investment in the United States by reforming national security reviews conducted by the ...

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President Trump issues orders on financial services regulation

On February 3, President Trump addressed the financial regulatory system.  He issued an Executive Order addressing his “Core Principles for Regulating the U.S. Financial...

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House Passage Increases Chances for Ex-Im Bank Reauthorization

On Tuesday, the House of Representatives voted 313-118 to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank or Bank), which expired June 30. Until now, conservative...

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Congress Agrees on Six-Year Reauthorization of Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA)

After failing to pass a TRIA reauthorization during the lame duck session last Congress, on January 7, 2015, the House passed H.R. 26, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization...

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114th Congress Outlook

Twenty years ago, two years after the first inauguration of President Clinton, Republicans took control of both houses of Congress for the first time since 1953. Despite significant...

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