Financial regulations

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued an advisory opinion warning to debt collectors that they cannot rely only on information from a medical provider to collect a debt.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency issued guidance to ensure the Federal Home Loan banks are lending based on the credit worthiness of the member bank, not solely on the quality of the collateral.

As the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau increases scrutiny of earned wage access, cash-back fees and airline rewards, industry lobbyists are pushing back, while some groups cheer the move.

Four companies are fighting CFPB enforcement actions by claiming the agency cannot be funded by the Federal Reserve, which has not been profitable since 2022. The consumer bureau calls the new legal theory "meritless."

Economic downturns are inevitable, but regulatory overreaction to them shouldn't be. We need to rethink the way banks are allowed to recover from economic shocks.

Tanya Otsuka's confirmation gives the Democrats control of the National Credit Union Administration's board for the first time since 2016. Here's how that will impact its agenda.

News of the delisting, prompted by ongoing delays related to filing its 2022 annual report, triggered a selloff of the Philadelphia-based company's battered stock.

The new rule sets a nationwide standard for disclosing all "material" breaches within four days — much sooner than many state-level disclosure rules.