Financial regulations

Company’s first earnings report since the data breach also discloses lots of suits and investigations; Senate bill also calls for one-year delay in corporate tax rate cut to 20%.

If CFPB Director Richard Cordray does not leave soon — as has been widely expected — it may be that he has used rumors of his possible political aspirations to successfully keep Trump from firing him.

Four Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee pledged to vote against the confirmation of Joseph Otting as comptroller of the currency.

Pat Hickman, CEO of Happy State Bank, wants his institution to remain viable in the face of stifling regulation. As for selling? That'll happen over his dead body, he says.

The Fed’s new chief bank regulator wants to change “the tenor of supervision”; Ron O’Hanley, who was named president this week, will also take over as CEO by the end of 2018.

The companies' recently launched partnership furthers the argument that the banking and fintech industries might be better served working together rather than competing.

CFPB Director Richard Cordray sent a letter to President Trump Monday asking him to veto a Republican resolution to nullify the bureau's arbitration rule.

The regulator is moving forward with a plan aimed at making it easier for credit unions to challenge supervisory decisions.

Credit union representatives on Wednesday praised the regulator for its newfound willingness to hear their concerns on the budget, but emphasized that 10 years of budget increases – during which time the number of CUs has shrunk by a quarter – is enough.

The Treasury Department will release a report early next year on opportunities and risks posed by fintech as part of administration efforts to reform the regulatory structure, Craig Phillips said.

St. Louis Fed President James Bullard explains why community banks feel they were hit with unduly tough regulations after the financial crisis.

Readers weigh in on how women can advance in business, the regulatory playing field for banks and nonbanks, the CFPB's payday loan rule, ATM withdrawals made through mobile wallets, and more.

Randal Quarles becomes the first of President Trump's nominees to be confirmed to the Fed board and the first person to become vice chair of supervision at the central bank.

Day two of Equifax hearing focuses as much on business model as on the data breach; Fed chair again says she supports bank rules that are not "unduly burdensome."

The Senate invoked cloture to begin the process of confirming Randal Quarles as a governor on the Fed board.

The focus has been on CUs getting at least some of their corporate stabilization assessments back earlier than expected, but NCUA's real goal is to prop up the Share Insurance Fund.

While credit unions will likely be pleased with a rebate of as much as $800 million, that amount could have been significantly more, had the regulator not voted to raise the normal operating level.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s final rule on arbitration clauses may be bad news for alleged corporate wrongdoers like Equifax and Wells Fargo, but surely for the victims of such wrongdoing — and for consumers, generally — it is good news indeed.

Who doesn't want cash back, and sooner than planned? Credit unions -- if it means they'll receive some $800 million less.

Sound Community Bank CEO Laura Lee “Laurie” Stewart has made a career of going against the grain, and her bank’s investors, employees and customers are all better for it.