Law and regulation

At a Senate Banking hearing focusing primarily on predatory lending practices, NCUA Chairman Rodney Hood offered insight into the agency's priorities under his leadership.

The legislation from Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is part of an effort to shift the range of what is thinkable in Washington to the left. It may also serve to highlight the vulnerabilities of Democrats with bank-friendly records.

Housing advocates and Democratic lawmakers want to create more protections for tenants of rent-controlled apartments, but they are facing stiff opposition from property owners and the banks that lend to them.

Sens. Mike Crapo and Sherrod Brown are asking Facebook about its consumer financial data collection practices as they consider data privacy legislation.

A sharp disagreement between foreign and U.S. regulators is emerging on how far banking supervisors should go in asking financial institutions to stress test their loan and investment portfolios for any risks associated with climate change.

Lawmakers from both parties oppose a Small Business Administration proposal to raise guarantee fees. The clash could lead to a halt in operations this fall.

A proposal to give the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau jurisdiction over credit unions with $10 billion or more of assets has sparked a war of words between the longtime foes.

Community banks in the state have struggled to attract the funds to meet surging loan demand, but that could change now that a new law has made it easier for them to accept government deposits.

Sen. Sherrod Brown questioned Stephen Moore's ability to make decisions at the Fed to benefit all Americans after calling two Ohio cities the "armpit of America."

Sen. Sherrod Brown questioned Stephen Moore's ability to make decisions at the Fed to benefit all Americans after calling two Ohio cities the "armpit of America."