Banking/Financial

Washington D.C. (September 19, 2024) | This week, Rep. Barry Loudermilk (GA-11) released the following statement after his bills H.R. 4823, the American Financial Institution Regulatory Sovereignty and Transparency (American FIRST) Act and H.R. 4648, legislation to hold America’s largest asset managers accountable, both passed the U.S. House.  Both bills… Read more »

Washington D.C. (August 14, 2024) | Rep. Barry Loudermilk (GA-11) recently joined all House Financial Services Committee Republicans in sending a letter — led by Chairman Patrick McHenry (NC-10) — to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Chair Martin Gruenberg demanding his immediate resignation. Despite announcing his intent to resign, Chair… Read more »

Washington D.C. (June 14, 2024) | This week, Rep. Barry Loudermilk (GA-11) reintroduced the Financial Reporting Threshold Modernization Act (H.R. 8686) to raise the Currency Transaction Report (CTR) threshold from $10,000 to $60,000, and ensure it is periodically adjusted for inflation. Updating this threshold will reduce the compliance… Read more »

Washington D.C. (May 10, 2024) | Today, Rep. Barry Loudermilk (GA-11) released the following statement in response to both the Wall Street Journal investigation and independent report by Cleary Gottlieb regarding allegations of a toxic work culture and widespread misconduct at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC):  “The findings in this week’s Wall Street… Read more »

Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga) issued the following statement after the Senate and House of Representatives passed his bill, the Building Up Independent Lives and Dreams (BUILD) Act: Read more »

President-elect will take office during a rapidly evolving fintech landscape that will see AI advancements in finance Read more »

"To cut down on data breaches and identity theft, a bipartisan group of House lawmakers is looking to overhaul personal digital identification for U.S. citizens. Read more »

Members of the House Committee on Financial Services and witnesses at a July 8 hearing weighed the public health benefits of digital contact tracing to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 against the data privacy concerns of access to personal information. Read more »

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday fielded sharp criticism and tough questions about nearly all aspects of his company's business practices at a hearing about Facebook’s new cryptocurrency project Libra. Read more »