Law and regulation

NCUA board member Mark McWatters defended the agency's position on credit union-bank purchases and called out the ongoing sniping on both sides of the argument.

The author of a recent op-ed fails to realize that making credit unions pay corporate taxes would drive up costs for customers and weaken the economy.

Congress should further expand a tiered regulatory system to help community banks better serve local neighborhoods.

Bankers in the Hawkeye State are targeting legislation that would permit credit unions to gamify savings. This is at least the third major issue in recent years where the two sides have had a high-profile clash.

Proposed reforms to the Community Reinvestment Act focus on everything but bank products that promote higher education. It’s time to change that.

The presidential hopeful wants to mirror a German policy that allows employees of large corporations to vote for board members. Here’s why that won’t fly in the U.S.

The conclusion of President Trump's impeachment trial last week means both chambers of Congress are back to regular business.

Payday lenders have long used bank partnerships and similar means to circumvent state interest rate caps. Lawmakers should stop such practices now.

In a letter to CFPB Director Kathy Kraninger, the Democratic senators argue that task force members cannot be trusted to protect consumers because they have represented payday lenders or Wall Street banks, or worked at law firms that did so.

In a letter to CFPB Director Kathy Kraninger, the Democratic senators argue that task force members cannot be trusted to protect consumers because they have represented payday lenders or Wall Street banks, or worked at law firms that did so.