Contrary to others’ opinion, interest on excess reserves is part of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy that serves to reduce volatility and encourage growth.

More business lending is shifting from banks to "murky" trusts as the government imposes more restrictions to reduce risky loans; 11 states advance suit as Justice Department retreats.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is in the direct crosshairs of a federal lawsuit questioning its leadership structure. But it might be the independence of all federal agencies on trial.

Fed Gov. Jerome Powell says central bank will provide more information to banks about how it conducts annual tests; bank CTO discusses its 2018 blockchain test.

The Federal Reserve will announce the results of its stress tests beginning June 22.

The Fed is working on providing a more helpful guide on how the central bank’s testing models work and taking a lighter touch to supervising bank boards.

In its regular Beige Book report, the Federal Reserve said that despite high consumer confidence, economic vital signs remain mixed.

Financial regulators issued joint guidance on Wednesday highlighting the availability of cross-state appraiser licensing agreements.

The bank agreed to improve anti-laundering controls deemed "unsafe" by the Fed, including oversight of so-called mirror trades that may have helped foreign customers hide large sums of money.

The company was set to sell a 24% stake in itself to buy two Tennessee banks but has restructured the arrangement to avoid a potential conflict cited by a regulator.

The Federal Reserve is right to look at shrinking its bloated balance sheet. But if it doesn’t simultaneously stop paying banks to hoard money, the Fed will create the next recession.

The OCC recently gave Sterling a "satisfactory" rating and said the New York bank had addressed some concerns by the Fed that had leaked to the public and raised questions about its pending M&A deal.

The NCUA aims to give credit unions access to in-person hearings with its governing board. Such an opportunity is lacking at federal bank regulators.

A bipartisan group of senators want more community banks to get relief from Dodd-Frank capital requirements.

Federal Reserve official Tim Clark oversaw the development of the agency’s stress testing program. He will see through this year's round of stress tests and leave this summer.

The Trump administration’s examination of Dodd-Frank Act powers to allow regulators to seize and unwind a failing megabank is drawing criticism from supervisors at home and abroad.

In an extensive interview, Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker talks about the challenges facing community banks, the biggest threat to the financial system and the possibility of interest rate hikes later this year.

The company also said it believes there are no regulatory obstacles that will derail its planned acquisition of Astoria Financial.

The Federal Reserve is asking Sterling to address deficiencies tied to its collection, verification and reporting of CRA data from 2014 to 2016.

There are barriers to possible efforts by acting Comptroller of the Currency Keith Noreika to act unilaterally to change the Volcker Rule.