Dodd-Frank

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen appeared Tuesday before an uncommonly collegial hearing of the Senate Banking Committee, but the lack of outward drama masked the fact that lawmakers from both parties were using her testimony to lay the groundwork for a broader battle over the future of regulatory reform.

Rather than roll back provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act that have strengthened financial stability, policymakers should focus regulatory reform on tailoring rules for community banks.

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Purported revisions to House Republicans' Dodd-Frank rollback bill raised immediate questions about the GOP's strategy, since the provisions — which were more extreme than when the bill was unveiled last year — promptly sparked Democratic opposition.

A House plan to provide regulatory relief will be more far-reaching when it is reintroduced soon by rendering the consumer protection agency toothless and providing banks with extra incentives to opt into a deregulatory plan.

Scott Alvarez, the Federal Reserve's longtime general counsel, will retire later this year after nearly three dozen years at the central bank, the agency announced Wednesday.

The SEC may have a more difficult time than other agencies adopting lenient financial regulations; the Fed's newest stress tests may be easier on the biggest banks.

At the very least, President Trump's executive order on Dodd-Frank is liable to make it tougher to reach compromise on regulatory reform. In the long run, it's helping to push Democrats further to the left.

The chairman of the House Financial Services Committee is preparing a new financial reform law; change could free up $100 billion in bank capital that could be returned to shareholders.

The Trump administration released an executive order Friday calling for a review of the Dodd-Frank Act, but the immediate questions about the order focused on what authority the White House has to enact real change.

President Trump is scheduled Friday to order a review of Dodd-Frank and a halt to the Obama fiduciary rule. A signing ceremony is set for noon following a meeting of more than a dozen top corporate executives.

President to sign executive order Friday to roll Dodd-Frank as battle lines form over various sections of the act; Deutsche Bank's John Cryan issues an "especially contrite" apology for the German bank's past mistakes.

A movement is afoot to eliminate the Federal Insurance Office, which was established by the Dodd-Frank Act, but here’s why that would be a mistake.

The long-running feud between banks and fintech companies over screen scraping is morphing into a more nuanced and important conversation about how to exchange consumers' financial data securely and fairly.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is drunk on power. Let’s return the agency’s regulatory responsibilities to the states and those agencies covering the relevant industries.

Treasury Secretary-designate Steven Mnuchin struck a pro-banking industry tone during testimony on Capitol Hill Thursday while tangling with lawmakers over foreclosures, offshore accounts and other issues.

Treasury Secretary-designate Steven Mnuchin struck a pro-banking industry tone during testimony on Capitol Hill Thursday while tangling with lawmakers over foreclosures, offshore accounts and other issues.

House Republicans charge CFPB director broke federal law in effort to fire him; consulting firms total the costs and savings from technology; German chemist finds the secret behind money's aroma.

Top Democrats vowed Tuesday to defend the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, predicting Director Richard Cordray will file a lawsuit if he were fired by Donald Trump after he is sworn in as president.

Leadership of the Senate Banking Committee came into fuller view on Tuesday with the announcement of subcommittee assignments.