Tag: Finance

The Trump administration's administrative effort to change the post-crisis rules is already underway. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Senate confirms Randal Quarles to key Fed position for regulatory agenda

Joseph Lawler · October 5, 2017 3:19 pm

The Obama administration's so-called fiduciary rule makes it harder for people to build a secure retirement. (iStock by Getty Images)

Obama’s fiduciary rule is already hurting small savers. Here’s how to roll it back

phil-roe, Virginia Foxx · October 5, 2017 4:01 am

Budget Director Mick Mulvaney talked down the idea that the federal government might bail out Puerto Rico out of its $74 billion debt crisis. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Mick Mulvaney walks back Trump’s idea of forgiving Puerto Rico’s debt

Pete Kasperowicz · October 4, 2017 1:31 pm

"The only way we're ever going to stop these scandals is to hold executives personally accountable," the Massachusetts Democrat said. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Elizabeth Warren: Wells Fargo executives must be marched out in handcuffs

Joseph Lawler · October 3, 2017 4:40 pm

Former chairman and CEO of Equifax, Richard F. Smith, testifies during a hearing before the Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee of the House Commerce Committee on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017 in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Former CEO can’t say if Equifax’s response to data breach will make people whole

Pete Kasperowicz · October 3, 2017 3:34 pm

A government bureaucracy called the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is poised to put millions more American consumers' personal financial information at risk. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

First Equifax, now government: CFPB putting your data at risk

Edward D'alessio · October 3, 2017 4:01 am

Doling out tax cuts is the pleasant part. The problem is the other side of the equation: Offsetting the cuts by eliminating tax breaks and loopholes. (Illustration by Al Goodwyn for the Washington Examiner)

Republicans take the plunge on tax reform

Joseph Lawler · October 2, 2017 4:01 am

The Financial Stability Oversight Council voted 6-3 to remove the official designation that AIG is a "systemically important financial institution." (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

AIG, at the heart of the financial crisis, will no longer be scrutinized like a megabank, regulators say

Joseph Lawler · September 29, 2017 10:55 pm

President Trump's Justice Department nominee Brian Benczkowski, a Republican lawyer who once served as a staff director of the judicial committee for former Sen. Jeff Sessions, was advanced in an 11-9 party-line vote and will soon head to the Senate floor for a confirmation vote. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

National Security

Justice Department nominee with ties to Russian bank voted out of committee

Kelly Cohen · September 28, 2017 3:05 pm

More than half said they could come up with $2,000 in a month if necessary to meet an unexpected expense, but they have less than $250 on hand. (iStock photo)

43 percent of adults struggle to make ends meet, CFPB finds

Joseph Lawler · September 26, 2017 6:58 pm

Smith has served as CEO of the credit monitoring company since 2005. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Equifax CEO Richard Smith abruptly retires after massive data breach

Melissa Quinn · September 26, 2017 1:23 pm

Many businesses are willing to back a tax bill that eliminate their preferred tax breaks in return for lower rates. But from the financial industry's perspective, a plan to pre-tax savings just to raise revenues on paper could be a bad target.

Republicans could target 401(k)s in tax reform gimmick

Joseph Lawler · September 25, 2017 4:02 am