Finance
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Free and efficient financial markets are essential to a diverse and growing economy. They allow businesses to succeed and individuals to build financial security. To support that system, we need smart regulation that ensures access to capital and credit, enables companies to go public, incentivizes innovation, and provides choice and access for investors while protecting consumers.
Main Street Lending
Federal regulators are getting ready to implement new rules for banks. The result could be less credit and slower growth for American business.
ESG / Corporate Governance
If a change in public company audit standards is adopted, it would turn public company audits into wide-ranging investigations. And the cost to investors and public companies would be sky high.
ESG / Corporate Governance
A fragmented approach to mandatory disclosure requirements risks damaging U.S. capital markets and weakening our economy’s competitiveness.
Further reading
- How Bank Mergers Promote CompetitionBank mergers help drive innovation and access to products and services for consumers. But proposed legislation could stifle deals at a time when new technologies and entrants are creating more competition than ever before.Learn More
- Main Street Business United Against Burdensome Bank RulesTo protect hometown businesses, more than 100 local chambers of commerce across America urge Biden Administration to scrap the “Basel III Endgame” banking rules.Learn More
- 3 Things You Need to Know About Stock BuybacksWith the potential for new legislative developments, now is a good time to take a closer look at stock buybacks: what they are, what they do, what motivates a company to make investment decisions, and who benefits when companies buy back their stock.Learn More
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Latest Content
The Chamber filed a lawsuit to stop the CFPB from implementing a rule that punishes responsible credit card users who pay their bills on time.
U.S. Chamber Comments on SEC Investor Advisory Committee Meeting
While some of the most onerous provisions of the initial proposed SEC climate disclosure rule have been removed, this remains a novel and complicated rule.
This Hill letter was sent to the Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, supporting H.R. 2799, "Expanding Access to Capital Act of 2023".
U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Neil Bradley issued remarks on the CFPB credit card late fees rule, which punishes Americans who pay their credit card bills on time.
A government shutdown is the latest means by which the FTC plans to assert its politically motivated agenda against lawful, pro-competitive merger activity.
The proposed rules, called “Basel III Endgame,” would significantly increase U.S. banks' capital requirements, making borrowing more expensive for Main Street.
To protect hometown businesses, more than 100 local chambers of commerce across America urge Biden Administration to scrap the “Basel III Endgame” banking rules.
The current no-action relief that applies to the rest of the fixed-income market will expire on January 4, 2025.