Law and regulation

The Financial Stability Oversight Council announced Wednesday it was rescinding the systemic designation of GE Capital, the first time the interagency body has de-designated a firm.

The U.S. Supreme Court in its upcoming term will hear a fight over automated-teller-machine fees that pits the interests of independent cash machine operators and consumers on one hand against two major card networks and several megabanks on the other.

After the departure of Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's director last month, the future of the Treasury Department unit remains the subject of fierce speculation within the financial services industry.

WASHINGTON — Presumptive Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump pledged Tuesday to roll back regulations and accused rival Hillary Clinton of being beholden to Wall Street.

The question of whether bitcoin is actually money is at the heart of a case of a man charged with selling $30,000 worth of the virtual currency to an undercover police officer.

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal by Wells Fargo and Bank of America in a lawsuit brought by the city of Miami to determine whether the city can seek redress for lost tax revenue from predatory mortgages.

The legislation to reform the Dodd-Frank Act promotes the idea that the best defense against another crisis is simpler, higher capital requirements, not prescriptive regulations.

WASHINGTON — Community banks and credit unions would be forced to stop making short-term, small dollar loans if the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's payday lending proposal is adopted, two trade groups said Monday.

The U.K.'s surprise vote last week to leave the European Union has upped the ante for the banks taking part in the Federal Reserve Board's second round of stress tests on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON — Big banks have drastically reduced their share of the Federal Housing Administration market, a massive shift that has big implications, according to new analysis by the American Enterprise Institute.

The court's decision to return Madden v. Midland Funding to a lower court leaves unresolved a number of important questions for marketplace lenders and other parts of the consumer-finance industry.

Donald Trump's campaign claimed that while Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has criticized the New York real estate businessman for taking contributions from Wall Street, Hillary Clinton has accepted more than $41 million from "Wall Street interests."

The deadline has arrived for mandatory submissions to the Federal Housing Administration's Electronic Appraisal Delivery portal, but as many as one-third of lenders that originate FHA-insured mortgages have yet to use the new system.

A more nuanced view than the two opposing camps supporting or denigrating Dodd-Frank seeks to make banks profitable while ensuring consumers are protected and benefit from economic growth.

In a setback for the U.S. consumer finance industry, the Supreme Court said Monday that it will not review a lower court's decision that bolstered the ability of states to enforce bans on high-cost lending.

Rejecting calls from across the financial-services industry, the U.S. Supreme Court let stand a ruling that gives borrowers more power to enforce state limits on interest rates.

Class action lawsuits are supposed to promote judicial efficiency, yet they mostly benefit plaintiff's lawyers while providing little for the people who are actually in the class.

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A federal judge ruled that Wells Fargo violated a contract with the NFL's Minnesota Vikings over the placement of signs near the team's new stadium, according to a published report.

WASHINGTON — More than fifty state bankers associations have rallied behind legislation from Rep. Randy Neugebauer, R-Texas, to repeal caps on debit interchange fees.