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The Fed explores ditching paper checks; enforcement actions against banks have plunged under Trump; the CFPB gets a stinging rebuke.

The Federal Reserve's recently published request for information on options for updating its check clearing apparatus has bankers fearing that it will opt to phase out paper checks entirely — an outcome that has community banks panicked.

A federal judge ruled that acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Russell Vought unlawfully refused to request agency funding from the Federal Reserve Board, dealing a procedural blow to a legal argument that the Fed can only fund the CFPB when it turns a profit.

A White House executive order issued Friday afternoon directing regulators to ease Dodd-Frank compliance burdens comes as a bipartisan housing bill advances on Capitol Hill.

The bank and fintech entered an agreement to expand open banking ahead of the CFPB's new 1033 rule and announced joint fraud-combatting product improvements.

A federal judge wrote in an opinion that a "mountain of evidence" suggests the subpoenas were an effort to push Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to lower interest rates or resign.

Investors claim JPMorganChase collected fees while ignoring suspicious transfers linked to a $328 million crypto Ponzi scheme.

Borrower equity fell $78.8 billion, or 0.5%, year over year in Q4, according to Cotality's Home Equity Report. That's an average decrease of $8,500.