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Treasury Secretary Jack Lew testified on the annual report of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), which oversee the implementation of the Dodd-Frank financial regulations law.

The chief executive officers of AT&T and DirecTV testified on the potential consequences for competition and consumers of the proposed merger between their two telecommunications companies. …

Richard Cordray testified on the details of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s semiannual report.

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew testified on the recently approved Financial Stability Oversight Council’s (FSOC) annual report. In addition to questions about the FSOC report, Secretary Lew dis…

Witnesses testified on the implementation of Title VII of the Dodd-Frank financial regulations law, which deals with over-the-counter derivatives and swaps market regulations. Commodity Futu…

Richard Cordray gave his semi-annual report to Congress of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). In his testimony he said that the CFPB would draft a proposal to address a provisi…

Treasury Secretary Geithner testified on the annual report of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), created by the Dodd-Frank financial regulations law to monitor excessive risk …

Federal regulators testified on JPMorgan Chase’s $2 billion trading loss on May 10, 2012, and business practices in the banking industry. Among the topics addressed were risk management prac…

Treasury Department and Federal Reserve officials testified on the discretionary authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council to designate non-bank financial firms as “systemically…

Richard Cordray outlined a number of new rules and initiatives under consideration at the new Consumer Financial Protection Board (CFPB). He said the CFPB would try to craft universal mortga…

Financial regulators testified on implementing the Volcker Rule, which prevents federally insured institutions from investing in hedge and private equity funds. The rule was part of the 2010…

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testified on the U.S. economy and financial stability. Among the topics addressed were mortgage refinancing, banking regulations, the work of the Financia…

Witnesses testified on the impact on credit rating agencies of oversight imposed upon them in the 2010 financial regulations law. They also talked about standards used by credit ratings agen…

Republican members of the House Financial Services Committee spoke with reporters and answered questions about the impact of the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial regulations law.

Witnesses testified about differences in financial regulatory approaches between the U.S. and other countries, and the effects of those disparities on U.S. companies and the economy at large…

The House-Senate Conference Committee on Financial Regulations legislation reconvened to make changes to the bill voted on the previous week. Senator Scott Brown indicated that he would not …

The House-Senate conference committee on the financial regulations bill wrapped up its work early today following a marathon 20-hour session. The measure passed out of conference on a party …

House and Senate members at a conference committee to propose and vote on various amendments to financial regulations legislation. Topics included Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

House and Senate members at a conference committee to propose and vote on various amendments to financial regulations legislation. Topics included proxy access and covered bonds. Members of …

House and Senate members at a conference committee to propose and vote on various amendments to financial regulations legislation. Topics included proxy access. This portion ends abruptly an…