Tag: Finance

The program prevents students from falling behind or defaulting on their loans. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Obama seeks to cap payments of 2 million more student borrowers

Joseph Lawler · April 28, 2016 4:01 am

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Comptroller Thomas Curry said the proposal for a new rule for megabanks is "one piece of a broader effort to increase the resiliency of the banking system." (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Regulators roll out newest big rule for megabanks

Joseph Lawler · April 26, 2016 3:16 pm

It isn’t easy for companies to relocate to tax havens. Congress has passed laws making it impossible for a business to simply set up a mailbox in the Bahamas and claim that as their headquarter.

The tax trick that Treasury is targeting

Joseph Lawler · April 25, 2016 4:01 am

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Martin Gruenberg issued a vote of confidence in the post-crisis banking rules Thursday, saying that a megabank failure today would be handled without the kind of crisis that accompanied the collapse of Lehman Bros. in 2008. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

FDIC chief: Megabank failure would not mean crisis

Joseph Lawler · April 21, 2016 5:36 pm

House Education Committee Chairman John Kline, R-Minn., warned that the rule will "encourage frivolous litigation and drive up costs for those who can least afford it." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP moves to block Obama regulation of retirement planning

Joseph Lawler · April 21, 2016 4:21 pm

Under the proposed rule, bank executives would face stricter compensation rules the larger their bank, with banks with more than $250 billion in assets subjected to the highest standards. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Regulators announce new rules on bankers’ pay

Joseph Lawler · April 21, 2016 3:30 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton reiterated that she's not quite ready to release the transcripts of the paid speeches she delivered to Wall Street banks. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Clinton still not ready to release transcripts of paid speeches

Kelly Cohen · April 21, 2016 12:43 pm

The new regulations require Ukrainian banks to meet eight criteria to be eligible to handle these payments. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Is Ukraine out to kill private banks?

Stan Collender · April 21, 2016 4:01 am

Oregon has raked in $6.84 million so far from January and February recreational pot sales. (AP Photo/Timothy J. Gonzalez, File)

How Oregon pot dealers pay their taxes

Associated Press · April 20, 2016 6:28 pm

The Financial Stability Oversight Council, led by Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, announced Monday evening that it was creating a new working group to examine hedge funds and determine whether they are a threat to the financial system. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Regulators to probe risks posed by large hedge funds

Joseph Lawler · April 19, 2016 12:00 am

In almost all cases in which corporations have voted on disclosing political spending, investors have voted it down.

How Democrats are using SEC to beat campaign finance laws

Joseph Lawler · April 18, 2016 4:01 am

An amendment authored by Senator Durbin was attached to Dodd-Frank and passed in the dead of night with little scrutiny or debate. The provision, which dictates price controls on debit card transactions, was hailed as a consumer benefit because advocates said that the money it generated would go directly back into the pockets of hardworking Americans. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Durbin Amendment offers no fairy tale ending for consumers

Molly Wilkinson · April 18, 2016 4:01 am