How the big banks fared in the Fed's latest round of stress testing; what's on new FDIC chair Jelena McWilliams' plate; why banks' biggest risk factor may be employees who don't speak up; and more from this week's most-read stories.

Credit unions and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau share a similar mission, so why does the CFPB continue to make it difficult for CUs to do business?

Judge says agency should not exist; the Fed says the largest banks are “strongly capitalized” and could withstand a severe crisis.

Readers weigh in on Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting's comments about discrimination, opine on President Trump’s pick to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, respond to new anti-money-laundering legislation and more.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's structure is an infringement on the authority of the executive branch, a New York federal judge said Thursday.

The payments company said it plans to spend $1 billion to $3 billion a year on acquisitions; NYS fines bank $205 million.

The acting agency chief defended the “zero tolerance” policy while praising the permanent CFPB nominee suspected of having been involved in implementing it.

Kathy Kraninger, a top official at OMB and nominee to head the CFPB, likely had a role in setting President Trump's "zero-tolerance" immigration policy, according to former OMB officials.

The selection of an obscure OMB official as CFPB director raises more questions than it answers about the future of the agency.

Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown sought details on whether an OMB official was involved in the policy of separating children from their parents.

Morgan Stanley CEO, New York Fed chief caution against failing to remember what caused the financial crisis; Wells Fargo may combine its two big wealth management businesses.

The Democratic leader in the House raised questions about Kathy Kraninger's "qualifications to lead such an important agency."

President Trump has yet to formally name Kathy Kraninger as his choice to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but her nomination is already in trouble. That may be just fine with the White House.

Little-known Office for Management and Budget official Kathy Kraninger would succeed acting director Mick Mulvaney, her OMB boss; Wells Fargo still faces the big chill from several big cities and states.

President Donald Trump has chosen Kathy Kraninger, a little-known White House budget aide, as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an administration official said.

Kathy Kraninger, an obscure official at the Office of Management and Budget, is President Trump's leading candidate to become director of CFPB, according to sources.

From a major CFPB deadline to a long-anticipated fintech report, there's a lot to watch for in the days to come.

From a major CFPB deadline to a long-anticipated fintech report, there's a lot to watch for in the days to come.

The new chair of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors argues that state regulators will keep protecting consumers if the CFPB curtails oversight.

Readers respond to a bill designed to modernize the anti-money-laundering rules, applaud the acting head of the CFPB’s decision to fire the members of the bureau’s advisory councils, opine on when a bank ought to communicate it has been hacked and more.