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Acting Comptroller of the Currency Rodney Hood signals rollback of key safeguards like the supplemental leverage ratio, aligning with administration's push to ease bank capital demands and spur credit.

Michael Bronstein is the president of the American Trade Association for Cannabis and Hemp, or ATACH, which promotes the expansion and protection of legal sales of cannabis and hemp for industrial, medical and adult use.

Terry Mendez is the CEO of Safe Harbor Financial, a fintech facilitating financial services and credit facilities to the regulated cannabis industry.

Signs are emerging that the Trump administration may be less willing to give up control of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac than investors have bargained for, as policymakers scrounge for ways to close US budget gaps.

The top five lenders had an average retail mortgage origination volume of more than $5 billion, as of the end of the first quarter of 2025.

The product, as well as the housing market, is different today than what it was two decades ago, where some feel it was a cause of the financial crisis.

The mortgage player argues its servicing arm Shellpoint isn't subject to, nor did it violate lending laws including the Truth in Lending Act.

Charles Clark is a motivational speaker, creator of the Thrive Planner, a bestselling author, and CEO of Journey Speakers Bureau. Before becoming an international speaker, he was one of the fastest men in the world. He is a 3x NCAA National Championship and USA Track and Field Championships silver medalist. Now, as a mindset expert, Charles shows athletes, entrepreneurs, and companies how to win in life. Today, he teaches people how to use adversity to build greater strength, success, and fulfillment.

The Department of Justice is seeking to terminate a Biden-era lending discrimination settlement with Lakeland Bank. Last month, the DOJ took similar action in a case involving Mississippi-based Trustmark National Bank.

Mike Allee is the president of Universal Conversion Technology.

Fischer, who served on the central bank boards of both Israel and the United States and served as the Federal Reserve vice chair from 2014 until 2017, died Saturday at age 81.

Lanie Raphael is president at B. F. Saul Insurance, where she leads client service, business development, financial strategy, and team growth. She brings over 30 years of experience in commercial and high-net-worth insurance, with past executive roles at Fireman's Fund, AIG, and ACE Private Risk Services. Her background spans risk management, operations, marketing, and product development. Lanie is known for her hands-on leadership and focus on building strong client relationships. 

The company wants some holders of bonds due next year to allow a higher debt-to-equity ratio so it can pursue strong returns while managing certain risks.

The combined prices of properties on the market for more than 60 days currently make up close to half of total unsold dollar volume, according to Redfin.

Brooksley Born is the former chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Prof. Johnson is the Ronald A. Kurtz (1954) Professor of Entrepreneurship at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is also a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington, D.C., a co-founder of BaselineScenario.com (a much cited website on the global economy), a member of the Congressional Budget Office's Panel of Economic Advisers, and a member of the FDIC's Systemic Resolution Advisory Committee. He is also a member of the private sector systemic risk council founded and chaired by Sheila Bair in 2012. Prof. Johnson is a weekly contributor to NYT.com's Economix, is a regular Bloomberg columnist, has a monthly article with Project Syndicate that runs in publications around the world, and has published high impact opinion pieces recently in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, The New Republic, BusinessWeek and The Financial Times, among other places. In January 2010, he joined The Huffington Post as contributing business editor. Professor Johnson is the co-author, with James Kwak, of 13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and The Next Financial Meltdown, a bestselling assessment of the dangers now posed by the U.S. financial sector (published March 2010) and White House Burning: The Founding Fathers, Our National Debt and Why it Matters to You (April 2012). In his roles as a professor, research fellow and author, Professor Johnson's speaking engagements include paid appearances before various business groups, including financial institutions and other companies, as well before other groups that may have a political agenda. He is not on the board of any company, does not currently serve as a consultant to anyone, and does not work as an expert witness or conduct sponsored research. His investment portfolio comprises cash and broadly diversified mutual funds; he does not trade stocks, bonds, derivatives or other financial products actively. From March 2007 through the end of August 2008, Prof. Johnson was the International Monetary Fund's Economic Counselor (chief economist) and Director of its Research Department. He is a co-director of the NBER Africa Project, and works with nonprofits and think tanks around the world. Johnson holds a B.A. in economics and politics from the University of Oxford, an M.A. in economics from the University of Manchester, and a Ph.D. in economics from MIT. He won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2024.

Johnny Poulsen is the CEO of Income Lab, a company that wants to revolutionize the way retirement is planned and experienced.

With over two decades of experience in financial services, Poulsen co-founded Income Lab to equip advisors with better tools to help clients retire with clarity and confidence.

Federal Reserve Gov. Christopher Waller said changes to the Federal Open Market Committee's quarterly economic projections could lead to clearer communication with markets and market participants.

Significant changes are in store for President Donald Trump's signature $3.9 trillion tax-cut bill as the Senate begins closed-door talks this week on legislation that squeaked through the House by a single vote. 

The question of when the CEO would retire and who might succeed him has hung over JPMorganChase for years.