Kyle Campbell covers the Federal Reserve and housing policy for American Banker. Previously, he wrote about institutional investment in real estate for PERE. He has also held staff positions at Real Estate Weekly, the New York Daily News and the Southampton Press.
The Federal Reserve is attempting to achieve its own soft landing through quantitative tightening without creating a liquidity crunch for banks. Last year's bank failures could make the process more complicated.
The new chair of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision called for member nations to finish the job of implementing post-financial crisis regulations. He also warned them not to put economic goals over safety considerations.
The regulator cited Axiom Bank for unsafe and unsound practices as well as violating the Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering requirements.
A survey of more than 400 bank executives found that while many support the former president, the vast majority disagree with his attitude toward independence at the Federal Reserve — a stance that would impact banks' business models most directly.
The Bank Policy Institute and The Clearing House filed a motion to join the central bank's defense of Regulation II.
For more than a decade, the bank allowed billions of dollars from illicit activities to flow through the U.S. financial system unchecked. Some are wondering why examiners didn't put a stop to it sooner.
The Canadian bank is indefinitely prohibited from growing assets at its two U.S. subsidiaries as the result of a sweeping settlement over money-laundering violations. While only the second imposition of such a penalty ever, experts say it will not be the last.
Federal Reserve Vice Chair Philip Jefferson discussed the history of the central bank's last-resort lending facility. He characterized the Fed's latest outreach as part of a century-long effort to fine-tune the discount window.
Europe's top finance ministers are questioning the U.S.'s commitment to the global capital standards. The mistrust could have consequences for international regulatory efforts.
The Federal Reserve and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau moderately increased the minimum prices at which the Truth in Lending Act applies to loans and leases.
Coordinated strikes by dock workers along the Eastern Seaboard and the Gulf Coast could cause issues for banks that provide credit to foreign shipping groups and domestic trucking companies.
The Federal Reserve issued two enforcement actions, one against a bank in Montana, the other against a former information technology employee in Wyoming.
As part of a wide-ranging speech on community bank oversight, the Federal Reserve governor said business models should determine regulatory scrutiny rather than asset size.
Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook called for weighing the costs and benefits of artificial intelligence, and flagged bias and fraud as areas of concern.
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell flagged a recent upward revision to income and savings data as a sign of economic strength. He said the information could factor into the central bank's monetary policy discourse during the Fed's next interest rate meeting in November.
Top banking trades have thrown their support behind the central bank's argument that it has discretion over access to its payments systems. Custodia is seeking to appeal a lower court ruling that affirmed that discretion.
Federal Reserve Gov. Michelle Bowman said a lack of banking experience among regulatory officials has led to unintended consequences. She flagged mergers, fintech partnerships and liquidity proposals as prime examples.
While other Washington regulators revise their approaches to merger reviews, the Federal Reserve has made no official change to its framework. The $35 billion merger could demonstrate just how differently the central bank is approaching the issue — if at all.
This week, Federal Reserve Gov. Michelle Bowman cast the first dissenting vote at an FOMC meeting in years. On Friday, she explained why the economic data she's seen didn't convince her of the need to cut rates as much as her fellow governors thought.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra joins the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s two Republican board members in opposing a revamped Basel III endgame proposal, leaving the future of the nascent plan uncertain.