Law and regulation

HUD reverses course and decides to investigate findings by Inspector General that some DPA programs don't comply with FHA rules.

How the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau controls the release of new proposals or rules undermines the public debate over consumer regulations.

In an acknowledgement that many U.S. small businesses cannot qualify for a bank loan, a federal agency that assists minority-owned firms is now partnering with a pair of online lenders.

Donald Trump's decision to embrace the reinstatement of the Glass-Steagall Act is part of an effort to cast him as the champion of community banks, according to his top advisers.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday promoted three CFPB officials to new leadership positions.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's fifth anniversary marks an important shift for the agency in which it pivots from rules required by the Dodd-Frank Act to pursuing other areas.

Mortgage originators aren't lending enough to people of color or the poor in the St. Louis, Milwaukee and Minneapolis metropolitan areas, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition said.

More than two dozen Democratic senators are calling on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to strengthen its payday lending proposal, arguing that it has loopholes that can be exploited by abusive lenders.

A private flood insurance bill passed by the House is making Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac uneasy because they fear it could lead to greater losses, according to a recent report by the Government Accountability Office.

Establishing a set of standards of practice for chief risk officers and others would help benchmark the quality control for managing risk in the financial services industry.