Many lenders are establishing a firm bottom on variable interest rates amid intense competition for commercial credits, rising deposit costs and the possibility that the Fed could take rates to unprecedented lows.

In the Fed's quest to bring inflation back to its 2% target, Gov. Brainard recommended pursuing a policy she called “flexible inflation averaging.”

A new report from the Federal Reserve shows a stark decline in bank branches across rural communities. Even after moving into some of those markets, credit unions aren't always meeting those consumers' needs.

A proposal to modernize the Community Reinvestment Act could be just a snippet of what regulators try to accomplish as they wrap up 2019.

More than half of U.S. counties lost access to bank branches between 2012 and 2017, with rural counties that have less educated and minority residents especially hurt, the central bank said.

The Cleveland Fed president dismissed concerns about the central bank's faster payments system competing with The Clearing House's network, while saying that a national digital currency is less of a necessity in the U.S. than in other countries.

In September, loan balances grew at a slower pace than a year earlier, according to the latest trends report from CUNA Mutual.

Banks’ third-party technology providers may face increased scrutiny; Rep. Porter wants more data about "confusing" checking account fees.

Readers react to the FDIC's proposal allowing banks to hire ex-cons, regulators looking into climate-change risk at banks, whether rewards programs drive loyal customers and more.

Fed governor again calls for using the countercyclical buffer at banks; bank borrowing from Fed on pace for lowest total ever.

The smooth and relatively short process should be encouraging to other big banks that are eyeing deals. But their window of opportunity may not last long.

Five Democrats running for president support the legislation introduced Wednesday that would require the central bank to form an advisory group to analyze how climate change would affect the financial system.

The Comptroller of the Currency said the Federal Reserve had disagreements with the metrics of a pending proposal to revamp the Community Reinvestment Act.

The regulators approved the deal after nine months of consideration, but the Fed hit SunTrust with a consent order tied to "unfair and deceptive" business practices from 2013 to 2017.

Rules related to custody banking, commercial real estate and derivatives were among the last required under last year’s regulatory relief law.

The financial policy views of progressive candidates atop the presidential field are sure to worry many in the financial services industry, but it would be difficult for any new president to implement sweeping regulatory changes.

In recent months federal regulators have been speaking out on the risks that extreme weather events pose to the financial system, something their European counterparts have been doing for some time.

A prominent credit union blogger is calling for the National Credit Union Administration to follow the Federal Reserve and FDIC's lead on possibly revamping the risk-rating system.

The financial policy views of progressive candidates atop the presidential field are sure to worry bankers, but it would be difficult for any new president to implement sweeping regulatory changes.

Global stablecoins could hurt financial stability if they are improperly designed and unregulated, according to a Fed report.