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The dark cloud that was the lost Costco card portfolio didn't garner a mention during the American Express 2017 fourth-quarter earnings call Thursday — the first time in many quarters that this was the case.

The agency’s acting director has recruited several conservative staff members who will likely prove instrumental in charting its future.

Regions also saw significant increases in its point-of-sale consumer lending, even though overall loans were slightly down from 2016.

The new tax law helped boost fourth-quarter results at SunTrust Banks in Atlanta, while the recent rate hikes led to gains in spread income.

The Seante looks to forge its own path on GSE reform, breaking to the right of a plan from the FHFA; a new candidate to lead the CFPB emerges as its current director tells the Fed, "Thanks, we're good on funding."

Jonathan Dever, a Republican Ohio state representative and defense lawyer, is being touted as a top candidate to lead the bureau, according to multiple insiders.

Readers react to Mick Mulvaney launching a public review of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, weigh in on the Senate’s bill to ease some Dodd-Frank rules, opine on how the wave of GOP departures will affect banks and more.

The Financial Stability Oversight Council filed a joint motion with MetLife that all but cemented the 2016 court ruling throwing out the insurance giant's designation.

Senate negotiators are working on a bill that would place Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into receivership and replace them with multiple mortgage guarantors, according to sources.

It was the second-biggest package the 61-year-old billionaire banker has received since he became CEO in 2005, only trailing his $49.9 million of reported compensation for 2007.

Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting blasted a letter from Senate Democrats criticizing his agency for not implementing recommendations on supervision in the wake of the Wells Fargo scandal.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions did not keep the rest of Washington apprised of his plan to rescind an Obama-era memo on pot. Now Fincen and other federal banking agencies are dealing with the backlash from that decision.

Craig Phillips, a top aide to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, said his department "broadly" agrees with the FHFA plan, which would return Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to the private market and provide them an explicit government guarantee.

If anyone has doubted that acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Mick Mulvaney intends to overhaul the agency, the last three days alone have put those doubts to rest.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s semiannual report on industry risk said tougher competition between banks, leading to looser underwriting, could arise from the economic expansion.

HSBC has agreed to pay $100 million in penalties to resolve a Justice Department investigation into the rigging of currency rates, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The agency had accused the lenders of deceiving consumers and failing to disclose the true cost of the loans, which carried interest rates as high as 950% a year.

Through an arrangement with First Data and JCB International, Discover will expand its card acceptance at merchant locations in Hong Kong to better accommodate travelers carrying Discover cards.

Deutsche Bank's John Cryan on Thursday defended his strategy for Germany's largest lender, saying its turnaround has entered a "third phase" in which growth should finally be restored.

While Starbucks is making a tentative move into cash refusal at one location, it's unlikely any retailer would widely refuse cash payments in the near term.