Law and regulation

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Calvin Hagins warned mortgage lenders about the regulatory agency's four exam priorities for next year: loan-officer compensation, steps taken to ensure borrowers' ability to repay, compliance with "Know Before You Owe" consumer disclosures, and marketing services agreements.

The danger posed by the Federal Reserve is in its unchecked power coupled with its inability, like that of any institution, to predict the future.

WASHINGTON — More than 442,400 consumers were affected by the Oct. 12 glitch that froze RushCard users' funds after a payment processor switch, the company told lawmakers.

WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is seeking $1.85 million in fines and restitution from EOS CCA, a Norwell, Mass., debt collection firm accused of holding on to a tainted AT&T portfolio of old cellphone bills.

WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is urging lawmakers to push back on Republican efforts to insert banking provisions into a yearend budget bill.

The upcoming release of the evaluations for the largest banks' resolution plans won't just reflect on the institutions themselves, but the regulators as well. Here's why.

The White House signed a five-year, bipartisan highway bill into law Friday evening.

Over 20 mortgage and real estate-related trade groups are urging Congress to provide a hold harmless period till Feb. 1 for any errors regarding implementation of the integrated Respa-TILA mortgage disclosures.

The Federal Reserve on Friday issued a final rule laying out how its regulatory capital rules would apply to banks with nontraditional institutional investors – such as limited liability corporations or partnerships – that hold controlling interests.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced Thursday that it had hit Clarity Services, a Florida-based consumer credit reporting company, with an $8 million fine over Fair Credit Reporting Act violations.

Issues with upgrading software and ensuring pricing accuracy to comply with the consumer bureau's "integrated disclosures" have been magnified in wholesale loan transactions.

Legislative proposals to reform the housing finance system have failed to garner enough support, but a surprisingly simply reform idea is in plain sight: deeper private mortgage insurance coverage.

If a forum hosted by the Treasury Department this week on economic inclusion showed anything, it was that bankers, financial technology firms and policymakers continue to struggle with how to bring more people into the financial mainstream.

Attempts to sneak provisions into a final budget deal may be sold as helping community banks, but many of the measures really help big banks and undermine consumer protection.

The Senate approved a massive, five-year transportation bill Thursday night, with the package now on its way to the White House where it is expected to be signed.

A pending bill that deals with the Federal Reserve's policy methodology doesn’t force the Fed into a corner but merely tries to foster meaningful dialogue between Congress and the central bank.

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WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced Thursday that it had hit Clarity Services, a Florida-based consumer credit reporting company, with an $8 million fine over Fair Credit Reporting Act violations.

House lawmakers overwhelmingly passed a major, five-year highway spending bill Thursday afternoon that includes several key relief measures for community banks.

Sen. Sherrod Brown took to the Senate floor Thursday afternoon to reiterate concerns over the Republican effort to move financial reform legislation through a must-pass spending bill.