Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Wednesday that he does not think revamping capital or liquidity requirements is necessary despite recent volatility in the repurchase markets.

Congress should get behind the Fed's effort to launch a real-time payments service instead of getting in its way.

Nobody will be keen to go toe-to-toe with the Fed, which is the financial systems’ paramount regulator and central bank with virtually unlimited resources, says Intrepid Ventures' Eric Grover.

As the Federal Reserve prepares for its October meeting, many institutions are waiting to see how the board's actions might impact the ongoing war for deposits.

Concerns over banks’ level of preparation have led to worries about disruptions in the lending market, and some financial institutions warn that a new interest rate benchmark could cause lenders to pull back on credit.

It's time to establish a fintech commission.

The Government Accountability Office determined that three Obama-era letters from the central bank related to large-bank supervision should have been submitted for congressional review.

Congress should get behind the Fed's effort to launch a real-time payments service instead of getting in its way.

Complaints that banks, credit unions and nonbanks compete on an uneven playing field should be heard, just as community banks must take seriously the threats from high-tech rivals, says Julie Stackhouse, a retiring supervision official at the St. Louis Fed.

The goal is to get a better understanding of past incidents, thereby arming the Fed to improve its response as more companies implement faster payments.

Count Citizens Financial’s Bruce Van Saun among those who think interest rate cuts could halt by mid-2020. The key, he says, is to focus on delivering services customers are willing to pay fees for and to skillfully reprice deposits until then.

The two agencies requested comment on the scorecard regulators use to assess a bank's overall health as some question whether ratings are consistently applied.

A regulatory proposal to ease the initial margin buffer on certain derivatives trading could be harmful to the economy.

As some of Facebook's partners pull out of the Libra cyrptocurrency project, Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., encouraged a company located in his state to remain involved.

The companies say they're working hard to complete their deal this year — including spending millions on retention payments and other items — but there's no guarantee how quickly regulators will make their decisions.

The four prudential agencies, which will enforce the new credit loss methodology developed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, said they want to promote consistency.

With policymakers casting doubt on Facebook's cryptocurrency and some of the social media giant's partners pulling out, a Federal Reserve governor continued the drumbeat of criticism.

The three federal bank regulators often say they want to work together to reform the Community Reinvestment Act. But once again, a senior official has raised the possibility the agencies will move separately.

Executives sent a letter to the federal banking regulators last month expressing concern that an alternative to the London interbank offered rate could limit credit availability.

At a national level, loan growth has been on the decline for months and could still get worse. Here's how some credit unions are tackling the issue.