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The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on Facebook’s plans for a new digital currency called “Libra.” David Marcus, the co-creator of Libra who heads the social media and netw…

Members of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), which was created as a provision of the 2010 financial regulations law, held a meeting on cyber security. Among the topics they a…

Former EPA chief Lisa Jackson testified to the House Oversight & Govt. Reform Cmte. about the Obama administration’s compliance to federal transparency rules. Republicans said Jackson circum…

Financial regulators testified on ways to prevent catastrophic threats to financial markets. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Mary Jo White and Commodity Futures Trading Com…

The chairs of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) testified on their agencies' fiscal year 2014 budget requests. The President’s …

Gary Gensler spoke about economic regulation and the operations of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Among the topics he addressed were financial market regulations and building cons…

Government regulators testified on the implementation of the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial regulations law. There was occassional applause, such as when Senator Warren said that she was concerne…

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…

Witnesses testified on at the bankruptcy of MF Global. The panel also reviewed the recent collapse of Peregrine Financial Group, and how customer protections could be strengthened to prevent…

Witnesses testified on the ongoing implementation of the Dodd-Frank financial regulations law. U.S. futures regulator Gary Gensler acknowledged that the regulatory system failed to protect c…

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…

Jamie Dimon testified on JPMorgan Chase’s $2 billion trading loss on May 10, 2012, and business practices in the banking industry. Among the issues he addressed were the bank bailouts follow…

Gary Gensler talked about Commodity Futures Trading Commission oversight of commodity “futures,” and he responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. This program was the secon…

Mary Schapiro and Gary Gensler testified on the derivatives market and the ongoing implementation of the Dodd-Frank 2010 financial regulations law. Much of the hearing focused on JPMorgan Ch…

Gary Gensler spoke about new consumer protections. In his remarks he compared the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s new regulatory role under the 2010 financial regulations law to havin…

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…

Witnesses testified on the implementation of the 2010 financial regulations law. Witnesses also testified about the collapse and bankruptcy of MF Global under the leadership of Former New Je…

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Gary Gensler made opening remarks at the commission’s research conference. He talked about key issues affecting commodity markets.

Members of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), which was created as a provision of the 2010 financial regulations law, talked about what had happened since the law’s enactment …

The Senate Banking Committee met to mark the one-year anniversary of President Obama signing the Dodd-Frank Financial Regulations Act in to law, and to look at the impact of that measure. Wi…