Dodd-Frank

The agencies handed banks a significant victory when they finalized revisions to the Dodd-Frank proprietary trading ban, but officials also plan to re-propose changes to the “covered funds” section of the rule.

After two regulatory agencies adopted final revisions to the rule, Dodd-Frank defenders expressed concern that the amendments to the proprietary trading ban undermined the post-crisis statute.

The agencies had proposed an "accounting prong" as an alternative means to determine which proprietary trades are banned, but their final rule heeded industry concerns that that would be worse than the current approach.

Banks stand to enjoy new flexibility in complying with Dodd-Frank’s proprietary trading ban, but it remains to be seen if regulators will grant them all the relief they have sought.

Critics of the Dodd-Frank provision are likely heartened by indications that policymakers may soon finalize a more bank-friendly version of the trading ban, but that relief could come at a price.

Wall Street watchdogs are poised to take a major step toward overhauling limits on banks’ ability to trade with their own funds, according to people familiar with the effort.

The technology can help banks get the most out of the vast amounts of information at their disposal.

Smart rulemaking starts with consolidating multiple agencies into one body with a clear mandate.

The social media giant says its cryptocurrency project can bring services to the world's unbanked. Lawmakers and regulators aren’t so sure.

Readers react to House lawmakers attempting to overhaul the credit bureaus, express sarcasm to the Senate Banking Committee eyeing cannabis banking, criticize Sen. Elizabeth Warren's plans to overhaul Wall Street and more.

Warren’s plan unveiled Thursday would be the most significant rewrite of financial services rules since the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010.

The bank regulators extended a moratorium for the proprietary trading ban for certain affiliates of foreign banks by an additional two years.

America's farms have taken on near-record levels of debt in recent years, and commodity prices and trade wars are putting pressure on farm country. That could spell bad news for bankers that lend to them.

The agency's board voted 3-1 on Tuesday to give large banks additional time to comply with new rules that force them to keep better track of insured deposits.

Beginning next year, banks will have to dramatically change the way they account for future credit losses, but experts disagree on the new rule's long-term impact.

Critical comments about Wall Street in the first debates signal an unfriendly political environment for banks. Here is a sample of leading candidates’ financial policy views.

The new accounting standard for loan losses combined with an expected rule change around incentive-based compensation could hit bank chiefs in the wallet, according to a new report.

The FDIC's new complex institution supervision and resolution division will be operational July 21.

Lending to companies with heavy debt loads is a growing business — one that many fear could lead to the next financial crisis.

Banks claim that regulators have been avoiding using a transparent public process to implement new regulations, opting instead to use informal guidance that has the impact of policy.