Bloomberg News Most of the country’s largest banks are poised to see flat or lower capital requirements next year after performing well in this year’s Federal Reserve stress test, but ongoing efforts to reform its annual exam practices could complicate how much lower those requirements will ultimately be. Overall, banks registered their best performance since […]
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The clock is ticking for the 90-day pause on President Trump’s tariffs. As the July 8 deadline draws near, banks face the possibility of a new round of disruptions to their business — and yet some CEOs aren’t worried. In interviews with American Banker, two bank leaders expressed confidence that Trump will avoid ratcheting his
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The conservator of two government-sponsored enterprises that buy and securitize many mortgages originated in the United States said he’s arranged some unusual talks between them to get their input on deregulation. “In following President Trump’s deregulation mandate, I ordered the executives of Fannie and Freddie to meet and provide me [with] regulatory changes,” Bill Pulte,
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