Claire Williams @clairewilliams.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Why do I feel like the world is being run by men who read too man science fiction books and took away ideas instead of warnings 030
Claire Williams @clairewilliams.bsky.social · 10/04/2025GOP's bank regulation CRA battle finds another front: the OCC bank merger guidelines www.americanbanker.com/news/exclusi...americanbanker.comExclusive: Barr offers CRA resolution for OCC bank merger ruleHouse Financial Services Committee member Andy Barr, R-Ky., will introduce a Congressional Review Act resolution to nullify the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's merger rule that went into e... 010
Claire Williams @clairewilliams.bsky.social · 02/04/2025*screams in Southern economic history thesis* 010
Claire Williams @clairewilliams.bsky.social · 28/03/2025You ever just write something that ages like absolute milk www.americanbanker.com/news/caught-...americanbanker.comCaught between bankers and activists, can the CRA reform proposal make everyone happy?Key divisions remain on the explicit inclusion of race and the strength of Community Reinvestment Act exams, but both sides are pleased with the promise of increased clarity and transparency. 010
Claire Williams @clairewilliams.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Come hang out with me as I live blog the finreg nomination hearing! www.americanbanker.com/live-blog/oc...americanbanker.comOCC, SEC and Treasury confirmation hearing: Live coverageThe Senate Banking Committee will consider the nominations of Jonathan Gould to lead to Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Paul Atkins to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission and Luke P... 021
Claire Williams @clairewilliams.bsky.social · 26/03/2025You’re thinking of this place all wrong. The money’s not here. Your money’s in a Tornado mixer, that’s run right next to the data farm right outside of Sioux Falls. And then the loan that your neighbor used to pay for his burrito, and a cryptocurrency based off a cat meme and a hundred others. 020
Claire Williams @clairewilliams.bsky.social · 18/03/2025CDFIs have long enjoyed bipartisan support, but Trump's recent executive order could change that quickly. Here's what the order means for the industry, how much it likely applies to the CDFI fund and what lies ahead in the CDFI political battles www.americanbanker.com/news/hitting...americanbanker.com'Hitting bone': CDFI industry fears deep cuts under TrumpPresident Donald Trump's executive order severely limiting the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institution Fund has thrown the industry into confusion as financial companies try to quantify... 022
Reposted by Claire WilliamsJohn Robinson @jrobin.bsky.social · 14/03/2025With this and with the VP being booed at the Kennedy Center, what these officials are finding is that once they’re out of their bubble, their constituents are angry with them. 06510
Reposted by Claire WilliamsKyle Campbell @bykylecampbell.bsky.social · 13/03/2025The Senate Banking Committee hosts its first markup of the 119th Congress and it's a doozy. @clairewilliams.bsky.social expertly breaks down what is at stake in the debate over the #stablecoin regulation bill known as the GENIUS Act. www.americanbanker.com/news/the-gen...americanbanker.comBanks are pushing back against stablecoin legislationAs the Senate Banking Committee meets to consider landmark stablecoin legislation today, the banking industry is beginning to wake up to what some experts say is an existential threat. 022
Claire Williams @clairewilliams.bsky.social · 11/03/2025In what could be a huge win for CFPB workers, a federal judge said she is likely to issue an injunction against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new leadership that could prevent the Trump administration from taking actions to gut the agency www.americanbanker.com/news/judge-l...americanbanker.comJudge leans toward halting Trump CFPB actionsA federal judge said she is inclined to issue a preliminary injunction to stop the Trump administration dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. 0105
Claire Williams @clairewilliams.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Blockbuster of a hearing today on the CFPB. Adam Martinez testified about the chaotic days after DOGE descended on the agency and his worries at the time, despite his earlier sworn declaration to the court that the transition was business as usual www.americanbanker.com/news/judge-w...americanbanker.comJudge weighs how 'normal' the Trump CFPB transition isIn a packed courtroom, a federal judge parsed whether the Trump administration's aggressive actions to rein in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are part of a "normal" transition of power or wo... 022
Claire Williams @clairewilliams.bsky.social · 28/02/2025My god it’s like the worst version of alpha house 000
Claire Williams @clairewilliams.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Personally, I think we should bring back jousting. Want to be an elite? You and your kids have to run at each other really fast on horses with big sticks 020
Reposted by Claire WilliamsEvan Weinberger @reporterev.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Paoletta sent an email to CFPB enforcement staff stating that Vought is "implementing new enforcement priorities." Enforcement staff were ordered to make no further contact with parties in litigation. Failure to abide by his instructions "constitutes insubordination" and risks termination. 066
Claire Williams @clairewilliams.bsky.social · 05/02/2025I’m sorry did Thom Tillis just say he would be OK with an Aryan bank? 220
Reposted by Claire WilliamsByron Tau @byrontau.bsky.social · 23/01/2025A former tech CEO is on a crusade to get the record of his arrest removed from the internet — suing a journalist for $25 million for truthfully reporting that the domestic violence arrest had occurred. sf.gazetteer.co/a-former-tec...sf.gazetteer.coA former tech CEO is on a crusade to get the record of his arrest removed from the internet - Gazetteer SFFormer Premise Data CEO Maury Blackman is suing a journalist who publicized his domestic violence arrest for $25 million 551359480
Claire Williams @clairewilliams.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Follow along for live updates on Scott Bessent's confirmation hearing www.americanbanker.com/live-blog/sc...americanbanker.comScott Bessent Treasury Secretary confirmation hearing: Live coverageHedge fund manager Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Treasury Secretary, will appear before the Senate Finance Committee for his confirmation hearing Thursday morning starting at ... 000
Claire Williams @clairewilliams.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Not that Treasury Secretaries need to be from abject poverty, but Lindsey Graham is talking about Little River like it's not mostly golf clubs and wineries 000
Claire Williams @clairewilliams.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Meet your new banking lawmakers (and maybe most interestingly, who isn't on a banking committee) www.americanbanker.com/list/meet-fo...americanbanker.comMeet four new lawmakers likely to have an impact on bankingSeveral crypto-friendly voices join the Senate Banking Committee from Nebraska and Ohio, while Democrats leave a banking policy expert off the House Financial Services Committee. 000
Claire Williams @clairewilliams.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Unexpected plot twist in adulthood is being suddenly 100% on board with all the librarians who lectured us in middle school about how unreliable internet research is 030
Reposted by Claire Williamsgraham steele @grahamsteele.bsky.social · 06/01/2025Worth noting who is framed as creating the distraction in the framing of Barr’s resignation from Vice Chair for Supervision. Of course, it would be the President if he attempted to demote the VCS or remove him as Governor. Also, interesting implications for the conception of Fed independence. 063
Claire Williams @clairewilliams.bsky.social · 20/12/2024First in American Banker: Momentum picks up on deposit insurance reform. Rep. Maxine Waters, top Dem on the House Financial Services Committee, introduces a bill very similar to one from JD Vance that would up deposit insurance for non interest bearing accounts www.americanbanker.com/news/exclusi...americanbanker.comExclusive: Deposit-insurance reform picks up steam with Waters billThe proposal has similar elements to Republican-led legislation, including a piece of a measure from Vice President-elect JD Vance. 010
Claire Williams @clairewilliams.bsky.social · 17/12/2024I am going to have to write about HFSC Chairman French Hill questioning FDIc Chairman Travis Hill on the Hill, aren’t I 020
Reposted by Claire WilliamsEllie Hall @ellievhall.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Somebody wants Thanksgiving leftovers… 1032918
Claire Williams @clairewilliams.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Unbelievable how far this sport/the women’s game has come #letsgospirit 000
Claire Williams @clairewilliams.bsky.social · 19/11/2024NEWS: Gruenberg to retire from FDIC on Jan. 19 012
Claire Williams @clairewilliams.bsky.social · 19/11/2024"We asked, in fact, begged, the Senate Banking Committee to hold a hearing, and they haven't answered our request." Sen. Marshall says at credit card Visa/Mastercard hearing. He says he'll "let you all decide why" 000
Claire Williams @clairewilliams.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Nothing better than a cardboard sign at a congressional hearing. Is there like a FedEx around here that’s just making out on print-on-demand? 000
Reposted by Claire WilliamsJoey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 18/11/2024current Treasury nominee status: "my sources don't know what's happening and neither do I" 3755
Claire Williams @clairewilliams.bsky.social · 18/11/2024First in American Banker: Interesting commentary out from Rohit Chopra on deposit insurance — and it’s an idea that isn’t necessarily going to die at the end of the Biden administration www.americanbanker.com/news/after-o...americanbanker.comAfter Okla. bank failure, Chopra calls for expanded deposit insuranceConsumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra said it is "fundamentally unfair" that uninsured depositors at Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank got a reprieve from regulators while th... 011
Claire Williams @clairewilliams.bsky.social · 17/11/2024If any of y’all aren’t hip to US women’s professional soccer, today’s Washington Spirit game was insane. I beg of someone PLEASE write a profile of Michele Kang 1251
Claire Williams @clairewilliams.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Stuck out to me in French Hill’s community bank plan: he wants to push through in budget reconciliation a measure to expand the ability of some banks to be classified as an S Corporation (significantly reduces their taxes) www.americanbanker.com/news/french-...americanbanker.comFrench Hill lays out 'Make Community Banking Great Again' planThe Arkansas Republican, who could be the next chairman of the top banking panel in the House, could find some areas of agreement with Democratic Senate Banking Committee ranking member Elizabeth Warr... 020
Claire Williams @clairewilliams.bsky.social · 12/11/2024As someone who viscerally remembers the Christian right’s opinions on stem cell research in the early aughts, the GOP about face on the topic is absolutely buck wild 000
Claire Williams @clairewilliams.bsky.social · 11/11/2024(Also hi, are we doing this thing again?) 020
Claire Williams @clairewilliams.bsky.social · 11/11/2024What a populist pairing of Tim Scott and Elizabeth Warren might mean for bankers in Trump’s Washington www.americanbanker.com/news/congres...americanbanker.comCongress turns back to banking in Trump's WashingtonA matchup of Sens. Tim Scott, R-S.C. and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., atop the Senate Banking Committee could usher in a new era of bank policymaking in the next Congress. 010
Claire Williams @clairewilliams.bsky.social · 11/01/2024Sad day for American Banker. We lost a few great journalists, who I will let identify themselves when they chose to talkingbiznews.com/media-news/a... 000
Claire Williams @clairewilliams.bsky.social · 09/01/2024Where have all the bankers in Congress gone? The upcoming retirement of Blaine Luetkemeyer leaves few senior Republicans with direct experience in the industry in high-profile positions on any banking-related committees in the House or Senate. www.americanbanker.com/news/where-h... 051
