Both the few “old” and numerous “new” contributions to the politics of financial regulation emphasize concepts and processes familiar to students of agenda setting. However, the parallels between these two strands are rarely addressed explicitly. Building on this gap, this chapter reviews how agenda dynamics fundamentally shape the environment in which financial regulation is produced. In particular, it shows how a major shock such as the Global Financial Crisis altered the way in which financial regulatory issues are usually treated by policymakers.