June 26, 2025

Technology Brings Opportunities and Challenges to Community Banks

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Shayna Olesiuk, Director of Banking Policy, issued the following statement in connection with today’s filing of a comment letter to the Office of the Comptroller of the…

June 26, 2025

The Public Has a Right to Know How Much CEOs Get Paid

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Benjamin Schiffrin, Better Markets’ Director of Securities Policy, issued the following statement on today’s filing of Better Markets’ comment letter to the SEC in connection with…

June 25, 2025

Carolyn Davis Joins Better Markets as Communications Director

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Carolyn Davis has joined Better Markets as Director of Communications. She was most recently the Director of External Communications at Leadership for Educational Equity (LEE) and brings more than a…

June 25, 2025

The Fed’s Proposal to Lower Capital Requirements Recklessly Endangers the Economy and Main Street Americans

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Dennis Kelleher, Co-founder, President and CEO, issued the following statement on a meeting of the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) Board of Governors regarding proposed changes to the enhanced supplementary leverage ratio…

June 24, 2025

Fact Sheet: The Cost of Noncompliance with Financial Regulation

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Benjamin Schiffrin, Better Markets’ Director of Securities Policy, issued the following statement in connection with Better Markets’ new Fact Sheet, “The Cost of Noncompliance with Financial Regulation…

June 23, 2025

Weakening the Fed’s Stress Tests Puts the Economy and American People at Risk

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Shayna Olesiuk, Director of Banking Policy, issued the following statement in connection with today’s filing of a comment letter to the Federal Reserve (“Fed”) on proposed modifications to its…

June 23, 2025

Senate Banking Democrats Shamefully Pick Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried’s “Key Ally” and House Republicans’ Witness for a One-Sided Pro-Crypto Hearing

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Dennis Kelleher, Co-founder, President, and CEO of Better Markets, issued the following statement on the announcement by the Senate Banking Democrats on the Digital Assets Subcommittee naming Russ Behnam as their…

June 23, 2025

Five Reasons Why Brian Quintenz is the Wrong Choice to Lead the CFTC

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Cantrell Dumas, Director of Derivatives Policy at Better Markets, issued the following statement upon the release of a new fact sheet analyzing the Senate…

June 18, 2025

Juneteenth Fact Sheet Details Trump Administration Impact on Economic Inclusion

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Thursday, June 19th marks Juneteenth, a federal holiday recognized in 2021 to commemorate the effective end of slavery in the United States. Economic inclusion remains essential to ensuring that communities…