Rulemaking
Blog post | July 29, 2020
Better Markets says the recent Supreme Court decision in the Seila Law v. CFPB case is simply another anti-consumer, pro-predator and pro-corporate decision that reduces the independence of the Consumer Financial Protection... Read More
Blog post | July 29, 2020
Better Markets released a White Paper this month that details how the Dodd-Frank Act and other banking reforms over the last 10 years have, at least so far, prevented a crash of the banking system similar to the one... Read More
Blog post | July 29, 2020
From the beginning, Wall Street's biggest banks have tried to use the pandemic as a pretext for dangerous deregulation, as we pointed out here, but they just won't stop. They are trying again to reduce their capital... Read More
Blog post | July 29, 2020
Last year, Better Markets called on the CFTC to end an unfair anti-competitive and anti-market practice in the derivatives markets known as “post-trade name give-up.” In late June, the CFTC proposed to... Read More
Blog post | July 29, 2020
In a party-line vote, the SEC approved a rule that will suppress the voices of independent proxy advisory firms that tens of millions of investors depend on. Better Markets says the rule will weaken an important check... Read More
Blog post | July 29, 2020
The last few weeks were busy ones for the FDIC which proposed or instituted numerous rules that overall favored the financial industry over Main Street families.
In early July, the FDIC proposed a rule that will spur... Read More
Blog post | July 29, 2020
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued its final payday lending rule this month that will protect predatory payday lenders and victimize Main Street consumers.
Financial predators will be able to... Read More
Blog post | July 29, 2020
Recent actions by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission this month needlessly exposes Main Street Americans to more dangers from Wall Street's derivatives dealings, which Warren Buffet correctly referred to as "... Read More
Blog post | July 29, 2020
In late June, the Federal Reserve Board decided not to fully stop Wall Street banks from making capital distributions through dividend payouts, although they did put some “limitations” on dividend payouts.... Read More
Dodd-Frank | July 29, 2020
At the 10-year anniversary event, Better Markets released two new reports that address the 2008 crash, the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act, what has happened to it under the Obama and Trump administrations, and what the... Read More
Dodd-Frank | July 29, 2020
Better Markets and GW Law co-hosted a virtual conference that discussed the impact of the Dodd-Frank Act and what has happened in the 10 years since President Obama signed it.
More than 1,600... Read More
Press Releases | July 29, 2020
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Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Contact: Pamela Russell at 202-618-6433 or prussell@bettermarkets.com
Washington, D.C. – Dennis M. Kelleher, President and Chief Executive... Read More
Letters | July 28, 2020
Leverage ratio requirements are critical to ensuring that banks remain strong and stable and are able to keep supporting the American economy. The arguments being made by certain members of the industry stating that... Read More
Press Releases | July 24, 2020
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Friday, July 24, 2020
Contact: Pamela Russell at 202-618-6433 or prussell@bettermarkets.com
Washington, D.C. – Dennis M. Kelleher, President and Chief Executive Officer... Read More
| July 23, 2020
Below is a selection of articles that appeared in newspapers across the country on "Ten Years After Dodd-Frank," a virtual event commemorating the 10-year anniversary of the signing of the Dodd-Frank Act... Read More
Press Releases | July 23, 2020
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Thursday, July 23, 2020
Contact: Pamela Russell at 202-618-6433 or prussell@bettermarkets.com
Washington, D.C. – Dennis M. Kelleher, President and Chief Executive Officer... Read More
Press Releases | July 22, 2020
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Wednesday, July 22, 2020
Contact: Pamela Russell at 202-618-6433 or prussell@bettermarkets.com
Washington, D.C. – Joseph R. Cisewski, Senior Derivatives... Read More
Press Releases | July 22, 2020
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Wednesday, July 22, 2020
Contact: Pamela Russell at 202-618-6433 or prussell@bettermarkets.com
Washington, D.C. – Lev Bagramian, Senior Securities Policy Advisor for ... Read More
Dodd-Frank | July 21, 2020
During the worst of the economic fallout of the 2008 financial crisis, millions of Americans were losing their savings, their homes and their jobs and the U.S. government had spent, lent, guaranteed or otherwise used $29... Read More
Dodd-Frank | July 21, 2020
On Tuesday, July 21, President Barack Obama spoke at a virtual conference celebrating the 10th-anniversary of the Dodd-Frank Act, co-hosted by Better Markets and The George Washington University Law School. During his... Read More