Financial regulations

Laurie Stewart, a former credit union CEO and incoming chair of the American Bankers Association, says a string of bank sales to credit unions supports the case that the latter's tax-exempt status should be eliminated.

Laurie Stewart says a string of bank sales to credit unions supports the case that the latter's tax-exempt status should be eliminated.

As the Federal Reserve prepares for its October meeting, many institutions are waiting to see how the board's actions might impact the ongoing war for deposits.

With Congress deadlocked on a future for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the administration is prepping to move by itself.

The Government Accountability Office determined that three Obama-era letters from the central bank related to large-bank supervision should have been submitted for congressional review.

FCUs are regaining their appeal given the resources NCUA has put into helping de novos and the potential for expanded fields of membership.

The nation's largest bank is hiring former prisoners for entry-level jobs and funding a policy center whose mission will be to help adults with criminal histories reenter the workforce.

Draft legislation would amend the Bank Service Company Act to give the National Credit Union Administration third-party vendor oversight, a power it has been requesting for the better part of two decades.

A regulatory proposal to ease the initial margin buffer on certain derivatives trading could be harmful to the economy.

As the administration gears up to end a decade of government control of Fannie and Freddie, are there any good options?

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

The challenge with cash is its nature makes it hard to transition away from it. On the other end of the scale, digital-only businesses may never accept cash, meaning they may always exclude the cash-based consumer.

The industry had welcomed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plan allowing debt collectors to use electronic communication, but some worry about the effect of a court decision concerning email correspondence.

Amid the fallout from the catastrophic collapse of Carillion last year, the U.K. government has been getting tough on late payments.

She turned around troubled business units, rebounded after a demotion and beat cancer. Now Bank of America’s chief operations and technology officer is taking on her biggest challenge yet: ensuring AI is used responsibly.

The three federal banking agencies moved to raise the threshold for residential transactions that require an appraisal from $250,000 to $400,000.

Chairman Rodney Hood has pledged to put forth a rule on CU-bank purchases before the end of the year. It's likely to lead to another clash with bankers.

New plans for a ballot initiative in November 2020 threaten to overturn concessions that financial institutions, tech firms and other companies have won from state lawmakers.

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.

The deal expands the number of compliance tools owned by credit union leagues and other industry groups.