Dodd-Frank

Institutions that offer fewer than 500 open-end lines of credit will get another two-year exemption from reporting requirements under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act.

Large banks are increasingly taking stands on social issues like gun rights and climate change. Some see this as a troubling development.

Certain topics have dominated in the Democrats’ prior face-offs, but issues like regulatory relief have the potential to highlight crucial differences between the candidates.

The two Democrats waded into a court battle over the president's ability to fire a director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Eight credit union professionals will make up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's CU advisory board.

By declaring that she has too much statutory power, the agency’s director has potentially opened a floodgate of litigation.

The Fed’s top regulatory official said how agencies adjust their supervisory approach may prove just as important as their rulemaking efforts.

Elder financial exploitation is a vast and growing problem in the U.S., and one that presents difficult policy challenges for law enforcement and banks.

If the court agrees to hear the case, its conservative majority could make it easier for a president to fire a CFPB director, though other outcomes are possible.

Jelena McWilliams knows the value of the FDIC’s role in a way most other Americans do not. Now she's in charge as it grapples with difficult questions and sets out to reshape the industry.

From expanding their membership to buying naming rights for major stadiums, big credit unions are taking unfair advantage of their tax exemption, bankers and industry observers argue.

Steven Zeisel, a lobbyist with the Consumer Bankers Association who died Sunday, was a strong voice for financial institutions navigating post-crisis regulations. He also had the ear of policymakers on the other side of the table.

The agency's director told congressional leaders and staff that she backs a Supreme Court challenge to the bureau's leadership structure.

The plan approved by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Tuesday would require banks to exchange initial margin only in deals involving external swaps parties.

The most widely referenced interest rate benchmark will cease to function after 2021, and the financial system is still coming to grips with that complicated reality.

The Supreme Court may be closer to examining a key restraint on a president's ability to change CFPB leadership.

When the former vice president and Massachusetts senator appear together in Houston, they could present two contrasting visions of financial policy within the presidential field.

A new kind of institution wants to make the interest rate the Federal Reserve pays to its member institutions more widely available, but that could have big implications for monetary policy.

An agency with a mission to protect consumers deserves to have a role in approving M&A deals.

The debate over the CFPB's plan to revamp its payday lending regulation should focus on the benefits for borrowers.