Alphabet Soup
FDIC Chair in Trump 2.0
Who is Travis Hill?
SBC Ranking Member with much less influence on financial regulation in Trump 2.0
Who is Elizabeth Warren?
The likely enforcement heavyweights in Trump 2.0
Who are blue state AGs and regulators?
Tone at the regulatory top
What will change most quickly about bank-fintech partnership oversight at the agencies?
Types of applications that are more likely to be approved in Trump 2.0
What are de novo bank and change of control applications?
Unofficial regulatory crackdown on banks serving the crypto sector
What is Operation Chokepoint 2.0?
Percentage of FDIC employees eligible to retire in Trump 2.0
What is 38%?
GOP priority that is unlikely to happen even with GOP control
What is CFPB repeal?
Nonpublic enforcement actions that bank regulators may issue more of in Trump 2.0
What are MOUs?
Regulatory staff who will change their approach to BaaS very slowly in Trump 2.0
Who are bank examiners?
Legislation that may gain momentum in Trump 2.0
What is a Federal Payments Charter?
Accounting rule penalizing crypto custody likely to be jettisoned by Trump’s SEC
SAB 121
Credit Card Late Fee, Brokered Deposits, and Incentive Comp Rules
What are regulations likely to disappear in Trump 2.0?
Backstop against a last-minute flurry of rules by outgoing regulators
What is the Congressional Review Act?
Now through January 19
What is the window for current regulators to issue long-pending enforcement actions?
Biden-era proposal likely to survive in Trump 2.0
What is the FDIC recordkeeping rule?
Activity expected to dramatically increase in Trump 2.0
What is M&A?
Something that is neither strategic nor a reserve
What is the Bitcoin strategic reserve?