Dodd-Frank

Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank President Esther George is best known nationally as a critic of the Fed's monetary policy, but in a wide-ranging interview she talks about Dodd-Frank, bank capitalization and the challenges facing community banking, in addition to interest rates.

Hillary Clinton's proposal for regulatory relief for smaller institutions largely tracks with ideas already discussed, but her backing could keep alive the momentum for a reg relief plan should she win in November.

The endorsement of Glass-Steagall in the recent party convention platforms reaffirmed the powerful hold that the principle of separating commercial and investment banking has on the public imagination.

Two federal regulators have ordered First National Bank of Omaha to pay a total of $35 million over charges that the bank engaged in deceptive marketing of credit card add-on products that some consumers allegedly never received.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and 28 other business groups urged the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to withdraw its proposal on arbitration and "go back to the drawing board." Their joint letter was one of thousands submitted to the agency.

WASHINGTON — The American Bankers Association has fired back at a White House research note that argued the Dodd-Frank Act was not driving community bank consolidation.

Until recently, credit unions rarely used arbitration clauses, and were praised by consumer advocates for pro-customer practices. But credit unions have learned to embrace the use of arbitration clauses – and now oppose the Consumer Protection Bureau’s plan to rein them in.

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court has scheduled oral arguments in a case that could have profound implications for the government's ability to designate nonbanks as systemically risky.

Discussions around reinstating the Depression-era law are headline-grabbing, but Glass-Steagall has no merit in our current financial environment.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Monday that Wells Fargo had engaged in illegal student loan servicing practices by processing payments to maximize late fees.