Law and regulation

Having a bank loan officer authorized to also cross-sell securities is like holding a burning candle at both ends. Sooner or later the bank will get burned.

The plan to offer special-purpose national charters to fintech companies is a one-size-fits-all approach that could prove detrimental to the growth of startups.

Rising interest rates typically cause lenders to relax underwriting guidelines. The incoming administration promises to deregulate. Sounds like a combustible mix, but there's ample room to loosen credit without returning to the practices that caused the crisis.

Native American tribal lenders that market small-dollar and installment loans can be investigated by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a California appeals court ruled Friday in a victory for the consumer agency.

Donald Trump was sworn in Friday, but banking industry executives have spent the last two months envisioning a vastly different political, economic and regulatory climate. The dominant question in coming months will be how realistic those expectations are.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Friday that the reduction in mortgage insurance premiums “has been suspended indefinitely.”

It should surprise no one that the cybersecurity rules regulators are drafting are simplistic and written in one size to fit all.

In a candid, in-depth exit interview, Ted Tozer discusses Ginnie Mae's growth during his seven years at the agency's helm, the need for comprehensive housing finance reform, big banks' retreat from mortgages, counterparty risk management and more.

Rising interest rates typically cause lenders to relax underwriting guidelines. The incoming administration promises to deregulate. Sounds like a combustible mix, but there's ample room to loosen credit without returning to the practices that caused the crisis.

And the next HUD chief might eventually rescind it altogether.