Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve
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A proposal allowing more lenders to skip outside appraisals could remove a hurdle to quick closings, but appraisers say they could be collateral damage.
December 17 -
The tech giants, along with Apple, PayPal and others, are calling on the Federal Reserve to build a backbone for real-time payments, rejecting large banks’ claims that the task is best left to the private sector.
December 17 -
As Congress races to fund the government, a criminal justice reform bill could also include the STATES Act, which would provide safe harbor for credit unions serving the legal marijuana industry.
December 17 -
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has gotten the ball rolling for financial technology firms trying to operate a national platform, but the FDIC and Federal Reserve should act to remove other policy roadblocks.
December 17 -
One Federal Reserve governor’s push to use an untapped capital buffer to counteract potential losses is stoking concerns that such a maneuver could spook financial markets.
December 13 -
Owners of firms that employ only themselves would prefer to use loans or lines of credit, but more often than not they resort to credit cards, according to a new Fed report. Is this a missed opportunity for banks?
December 12 -
More acquainted with the quick decision-making style of the banking world, the comptroller of the currency found a policymaking environment in D.C. that moves at a slower pace.
December 12 -
The Fed's faster payments task force is not likely to receive welcoming feedback from current operators who aren't convinced a hands-on role for the Fed is needed.
December 12 -
Expected weaker fundamentals, stock buybacks and higher interest rates all to blame; firms are downsizing as bitcoin prices crash.
December 11 -
The Federal Reserve Board chairman told Sen. Elizabeth Warren in a letter that the central bank is actively reviewing the bank's progress in following a February consent order.
December 10 -
The regulatory agencies are the last word on an exemption from the proprietary trading ban, and there are no signs they will expand it beyond small institutions.
December 7 -
The senior central bank official signaled interest in deploying the countercyclical capital tool for the first time as corporate bond risks build.
December 7 -
Readers sound off on the CFPB's name change, whether the Post Office should be allowed to engage in banking services and the FDIC's call to revamp the de novo process.
December 6 -
Having the Federal Reserve Board’s bank supervision chief at the helm the Financial Stability Board cements U.S. leadership on cross-border regulation.
December 4 -
Whatever the central bank decides, it is sure to ruffle a lot of feathers in the industry.
December 4 -
The National Credit Union Administration and other federal regulators said in a joint statement that they will take an institution's level of innovation into account in supervising its anti-money-laundering procedures.
December 3 -
The federal regulators said in a joint statement that they will take a bank's level of innovation into account in supervising its anti-money-laundering procedures.
December 3 -
The central bank may be looking at other benchmarks besides the fed funds rate to conduct monetary policy; dropping human appraisers from most home sales raises concerns.
November 30 -
The president’s escalating criticism of the central bank might be bluster. But it raises questions about how far he might go and what would happen if he tried to act.
November 29 -
Just as a recent law softened Dodd-Frank resolution plan requirements, the head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. announced an effort to ease such rules for depository institutions.
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