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Despite being barred from the securities industry by the SEC, LendingClub’s founder has found plenty of people to back his latest venture — and that’s a problem.

Current political forces pose a number of risks for financial institutions, including their stock prices and performance, if not their very existence.

The Senate is losing several key backers of last spring’s regulatory relief bill in the wake of the midterm elections.

The head of the Consumer Bankers Association lays out four industry priorities for the regulatory push to overhaul the Community Reinvestment Act.

As the FDIC considers reforms to its brokered deposit rules, the agency should recall the problems these funds caused in the lead-up to the S&L crisis, argues former Chairman William Isaac.

Payday lenders argue that banks cut ties with their industry due to pressure from biased and hostile regulators. But the reality, in some cases, may be more nuanced.

Social Security numbers are used to verify identity across the financial services industry, but their use is outdated and leaves consumers vulnerable to data breaches.

Sen. Sherrod Brown, a longtime industry critic, said Monday that he’s weighing a possible 2020 bid.

The banking agencies have proposed weakening several liquidity, capital and stress test requirements without considering the cumulative effect of the many changes being undertaken.

The agency’s flawed methodology for determining interest rate caps on certain accounts poses risks for banks offering free, low-deposit checking and the financial system more broadly.