Ian McKendry

Housing finance reform discussions are heating up and there's a growing sense that legislation can be enacted sooner rather than later. Here's why.

Though James Clinger has been a top aide to House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling, observers said the FDIC chair nominee's views may differ.

CFPB Director Richard Cordray took issue with a House Republican report that said he lied about his agency's role in investigating the Wells Fargo phony-accounts scandal.

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo sounded optimistic Thursday about reaching a bipartisan deal for regulatory relief, but a hearing once again emphasized the gulf between what lawmakers are likely to pass and what the industry is seeking.

Thirty-eight House Democrats sent a letter to President Trump voicing their concern that Wall Street insiders will be appointed to top spots at the Federal Reserve Board.

Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, welcomed Treasury Department recommendations on how to reform financial regulations and expressed optimism that many of the suggestions could become law.

Clearing the bill through the House has value, giving baseline legislative language that the Senate might select in a more modest legislative package.

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., said he wants policymakers to flesh out a potential return of the Glass-Steagall Act, but wasn't sure if it should separate commercial and investment banking.

A GOP House Financial Services Committee report alleges that Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray lied about the bureau's investigation into the Wells Fargo scandal.

The Senate Banking Committee may pass a number of small legislative proposals to help banks and credit unions, but the panel is still figuring out what sort of package can ultimately be agreed upon, top Democrats said Tuesday.

While a House bill expected to be passed this week has little chance in the Senate, some of its individual provisions could be enacted by Congress, including one aimed at banks' systemic threshold.

A bipartisan group of senators want more community banks to get relief from Dodd-Frank capital requirements.

A bill to overhaul the Dodd-Frank Act could get a vote in the full House as early as June 7.

A Dodd-Frank overhaul bill faced trouble in the House because lawmakers did not want to vote on a provision to repeal debit swipe fee limits.

House Democrats are asking Deutsche Bank Chief Executive Officer John Cryan for documents related to two internal reviews, including one into accounts held by President Trump and his family.

The Government Accountability Office has agreed to a request by a GOP lawmaker to examine whether Congress can reject regulators' guidance.

President Trump’s budget would reduce funds to the CFPB and eliminate a fund designed to help regulators unwind a failing megabank.

Roughly 58% of 6,000 voters in key states said they would support moving the bureau from a single director to a bipartisan commission, according to an industry-supported poll.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin was pressed for his views on housing finance reform, what a “modernized” version of the Glass-Steagall Act would look like and a two-tiered regulatory system.

Advocates for the cannabis industry took to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to lobby for bank protections that would help legitimize the industry and give it access to financial services.