The Latest

WASHINGTON — The House Appropriations Committee approved a bill Thursday that would subject the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to the appropriations process, among other things.

WASHINGTON — The House Appropriations Committee approved a bill Thursday that would subject the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to the appropriations process, among other things.

The federal agency expressed skepticism about industry-developed standards Thursday, suggesting that there is currently no way to enforce the rules or punish bad actors.

The clock is ticking to amend Dodd-Frank Act regulations before consumers in rural communities run out of borrowing options, community bankers from Kansas and Oklahoma told a House panel on Thursday.

Bank of America's Cathy Bessant talks about the marriage of banking and technology and former Countrywide executive Rebecca Mairone reflects on being one the few people in the industry to face criminal charges in the wake of the financial crisis. Also, could there be an all-female presidential ticket? Now that Hillary Clinton is the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, some wonder if Elizabeth Warren would consider being her running mate.

Many financial criminals are switching to a more sophisticated kind of identity theft in which they open accounts based on stolen identities, or on composites of information stolen from different people.

The City of York, Pa., has partnered with MuniServices LLC, a business of PRA Group Inc., to provide revenue discovery and recovery services.

The news that Shell Oil has agreed to accept Chase Pay at more than 6,000 gas stations couldn’t have come at a more interesting moment.

Adli Dasuqi and his companies, American Handicapped Inc. and American Handicapped and Disadvantaged Workers Inc., agreed to settle FTC charges that they tricked consumers into buying household products on the pretext that the proceeds would help disabled people.

Bankers are challenging the cost of a contentious Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. plan that would require banks to regularly update their insured deposit data, arguing it is much more expensive than the agency estimated.