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Atkins Calls for `Targeted' SEC Reorganization, Reassures Employees

Bessent Spars With Democrats, Offers Regulatory Nuggets at House Hearing

Theatrics Mar Crypto Market Structure Bill Rollout

CFPB Chaos Envelops Open Banking Rule

MFA's Advocacy Chief on the New `Brightness' in Washington

Fired NCUA Board Member Warns Credit Unions are in `Perilous Place' on Tax Exemption

House Republicans Plot Big Regulatory Changes in Budget Bill

Bank Rules, Proxy Advisors and Trump: Lawmakers Can't Find Comity at House Hearings

The Fight Over the PCAOB's Future Begins

Kalshi's CEO on Washington's Battle Over Prediction Markets

Capital One-Discover Approval Offers `Pale Green Light' for Bank Mergers

Financial Firms Flood Atkins With Policy Pleas

Trump Kick-Starts the Atkins Era: `Paul Will End the Weaponization of the SEC'

A Stark Future for the CFPB Comes into Focus

Earning the Big Bucks: A Survey of Financial Trade Group Leaders' Pay

Divided SEC Knocks Down Attempt to Reopen Gensler-Era Enforcement Settlements

Opposition is Mounting to the CFTC's Oversight of Sports Contracts

Inside Uyeda's Busy Tenure as Acting SEC Chief

Bowman Steps Into a Hotter Spotlight

`That's a Big, Big List.' Bessent Details Rules Overhaul

Bankers Hit Washington as `Regulatory Tsunami' Recedes

`Hundreds of Rules to Fix.' Dimon Goes Deep on Financial Regulation

`Not Sexy for Silicon Valley.' A Trade Group Chief Talks Small Business Investing

Race for FDIC Chief Stirs a Deregulatory Competition

SEC Continues to Defend Gensler Stock Trading Rules in Court

Banks Tread Carefully on Stablecoins

Fired at Will: A New Normal for Commissioners?

Talking Crypto Regulation With One of the SEC's Earliest Experts

Atkins Cruises Through Confirmation Hearing

A Tricky Tether Problem is Weighing on the Stabelcoin Legislation

Atkins Discloses a Who's Who of Wall Street Clients -- and a High Net Worth

Big Banks Keep the Heat on Fed Over Stress Tests

Talking Fintech in the Trump Era

The SEC's Dealer Rule Lingers On

Treasury Secretary Moves to Protect Popular Lending Fund

Pulte in Charge: FHFA Chief Moves to Shake Up Fannie and Freddie

`The Commission's Doors are Open.' Uyeda Details Overhaul of SEC Rulemaking

A Former SEC Trial Attorney on Fighting Enforcement `Overreach'

A Look Inside the Dismantling of the CFPB

Bowman's Expected Rise to Fed Vice Chair Was No Accident

Top Lawyer Signals Fed Will Follow Trump's Deregulatory Plans

Trump's Acting Financial Regulators Offer Plenty of Good News for Industry

Blaine Luetkemeyer is Building a New Advocacy Group for the Financial Regulatory Debate

Bessent Pledges to Lead Broad Overhaul of Financial Regulation

Despite the Republican Takeover, BlackRock's Tussle With the FDIC Continues

Muni Bond Overseer Faces Constitutional Challenge

U.S. Judge Weighs `Extraordinary Situation' of CFPB Under Trump

NCUA Chairman on Executive Orders, Overdraft Fees and Ending Regulation by Enforcement

McKernan, CFPB Steal the Spotlight at Senate Hearing

Hurdles for CFPB Supporters on Display at Court Hearing

Bill Pulte's Social Media Wars

Acting SEC Chief Details Shift on Capital Formation

OTC Markets CEO on Making Going Public Popular Again

With the Future Looking Bleak, CFPB Backers Prepare for the `Long Game'

Independent Regulators in Trump's Crosshairs

New Comptroller to Banks: `We Exist to Serve You'

`A Political Call.' Silvergate's Chairman Discusses the Debanking Furor

FHFA Nominee Pulte Named in Straw-Donor Complaint at FEC

Trump's Financial Agency Picks: More Washington than MAGA

Powell Squeezed on Both Sides as Senators Press Fed Chief on CFPB, Debanking and Basel

CFPB Shutdown Fallout: Protests, Lawsuits and Confusion

A State Regulator on How Washington Can Bolster Community Banks

Former NCUA Chairman Hood Expected to be Named Acting OCC Chief

Hal Scott is Back With a Sweeping Plan to Overhaul Financial Regulation

Senators Agree Debanking is a Problem, but Solving it is Another Matter

Getting Started: Policy Makers Herald a `Golden Age' for Crypto

With Chopra Out, the Push Begins to Dismantle his Legacy

`Clowns to the Left, Jokers to the Right.' A Policy Advocate Pushes Back on Economic Populism

Why is Chopra Still in Office? It's Complicated

CFTC Spurned on Sports Betting

The Growing Legal Fight Over Bank Regulators' In-house Courts

Chopra Finds Common Ground With Conservatives on Debanking

An Advocate Ready to Seize the Debanking Moment

Pham Senior Staff Shakeup Roils CFTC

Financial Regulators Jump to Cull DEI Programs

Acting Chairmen and Executive Orders: Financial Regulation Under Trump Gets Underway

The Outlook for Financial Regulation as Trump Takes Office

Bessent Sails Through Confirmation Hearing, Signals Bank Regulation Overhaul

SEC Punts on Approving Audit Rules -- Giving the Industry a Win, at Least for Now

`Memories are Short.' Gruenberg Defends Tough Regulatory Stance

Warren Previews Opposition Tactics as Trump Nominees Head to the Senate

Exit Interview: OCC's Hsu on Basel, Bailouts and the Bank Lobby

With Barr's Vice Chair Exit, Fed's Bowman Thrust Into Spotlight

Farewell Tour: Khan and Behnam Reflect on Their Legacies

As Regulatory Climate Shifts, Banks See Opportunity in Stress Test Win

Backing Away from a Fight, Barr to Exit Vice Chairman Role