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U.S. Senate Banking Chairman Promises to Get Clarity Bill Across Finish Line

U.S. Senate Banking Committee Chairman vows to support moving the long-awaited Clarity Act into its final phase to eventually get it passed.

Banks urge Senate to close stablecoin yield loopholes in CLARITY Act

U.S. banking groups have urged the Senate to tighten the CLARITY Act’s stablecoin yield rules, warning that unclear language could encourage payment stablecoins to compete with tra...

Scott Bessent Presses Senate On 'Floor-Ready' CLARITY Act, Tom Lee Agrees: 'This Needs to Be Passed'

Senators question CFPB nominee Brian Johnson on Bureau’s future

CFPB nominee Brian Johnson faced Senate questions on independence, a dropped Capital One case and proposed examiner cuts.

House Financial Services Committee to Consider H.R. 7866 and the Intended Scope of DIDMCA’s Opt-Out Provision

Senate Finance Committee Approves ITC Commissioner Picks

The Senate Finance Committee approved five nominees to serve as commissioners for the U.S. International Trade Commission on Tuesday.

Senate Democrats say banks turned blind eye to suspicious moves by Jeffrey Epstein

A report from Senate Democrats accuses big banks of failing to report suspicious money transfers made by Jeffrey Epstein until after his arrest in 2019.

House passes bill to ease banking regulations

The House passed H.R. 6955 by 270-154, easing capital and supervision rules and some merger reviews for community banks.

Community Banks Stall Clarity Act Over Stablecoin Rewards

While Senate Democrats have their own issues with the CLARITY Act, community bankers would be leveraging their ties with Senate Republicans to explain the effects that enshrining s...

Several Big Brokerages Leave Customer Accounts Open to Theft, Senators Say

Senators Ron Wyden and Elizabeth Warren, ranking Democrats on the Finance and Banking Committees, have urged regulators to require brokerages to provide stronger customer protectio...

Senate Committee Advances Bill To Block Education Department Transfers

The Senate HELP Committee advanced S. 5046 in a 13-9 vote, blocking the Education Department from transferring four offices to other federal agencies. The post Senate Committee Adv...

Senate Grills CBN over Banking Reforms, Inflation, FX Policies, Demands Credit Expansion

Sunday Aborisade in Abuja The Senate yesterday subjected the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to intense scrutiny over its monetary policy, banking sector recapitalisation, inflation...

Financial Services Bill – Report Stage

On 8 September 2026, the UK Parliament reported that members of the House of Lords continued their further examination of the Financial Services and Markets Bill in report stage on...

Senate committee passes Taxpayer Assistance and Service Act

The Senate Finance Committee voted nearly unanimously to approve a wide-ranging bipartisan tax administration bill aimed at improving operations at the IRS.

Big Banks Demand Identity Checks for Secondary Stablecoin Markets

The Bank Policy Institute, representing the massive U.S. banking lobby, filed a comment letter asking FinCEN to apply customer identification requirements to secondary stabilizatio...

Fed governor met bankers during blackout period, prompting Senate call for probe

Potential erosion of trust in Fed's impartiality could impact market stability and necessitate stricter oversight of officials' interactions. The post Fed governor met bankers duri...

Senate Judiciary Hearing Reveals Bipartisan Support for Federal Action on AI-Driven “Surveillance Pricing”

The Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism held an unusually consequential hearing on August 4 entitled “Your Data, Their Profit: The Consumer Cost...

Community Bankers Demand Total Ban on Stablecoin Rewards

Community banks are leading the opposition to the CLARITY Act, stressing that there is no middle ground on the stablecoin yield issue. Rebeca Romero Rainey, president and CEO of In...

Senate Unanimously Votes That Sam Bankman-Fried Should Never Get a Pardon

Bitcoin Magazine Senate Unanimously Votes That Sam Bankman-Fried Should Never Get a Pardon The Senate unanimously approved a nonbinding resolution declaring that former FTX CEO Sa...

US Senate unanimously adopts resolution opposing clemency for SBF

The Senate approved a resolution opposing clemency for former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried as prediction markets put the odds of a Trump pardon by July 31 below 1%.

Senate committee advances Clayton's nomination for intelligence chief

The Senate Intelligence Committee advanced Jay Clayton's nomination for director of national intelligence, despite opposition from Democrats.

Senate Finance Committee advances tax bill backed by AICPA

The Senate Finance Committee approved the Taxpayer Assistance and Service Act, legislation backed by the AICPA that would modernize IRS operations, expand taxpayer services, and gi...

CLARITY Act stalls as Scott criticizes Warren’s team

The CLARITY Act has stalled ahead of a Sept. 15 procedural vote requiring 60 senators, as Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott accused Elizabeth Warren’s team of trying to d...

FDIC Considers Industry Standard-Setting Organization for Third-Party Service Providers

According to an exclusive Bloomberg Law report, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is considering plans to work with banking and financial technology industry groups to esta...