Jeffrey Lacker admits his involvement in a 2012 leak that sparked a criminal probe by the Fed; Wells has fired dozens in its credit card processing unit for inflating merchants' sales figures.

In his final public remarks before stepping down from the agency, Fed Gov. Daniel Tarullo called for several changes to the system, including dropping a key element of the stress tests and rethinking the Volcker Rule.

Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker resigned Tuesday after revealing that he inadvertently disclosed confidential information about monetary policy to an analyst in 2012.

Craig Esrael is the latest credit union CEO to be appointed to a three-year term on a Fed panel.

Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., asked the Government Accountability Office to weigh in on whether two pieces of bank regulatory guidance are in fact rules for the purposes of the Congressional Review Act.

Amey Sgrignoli will join the Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council for a three-year term.

The Federal Reserve sent nearly $91.5 billion to the U.S. Treasury, according to the central bank’s annual independent audit released Friday.

Regulators issued determinations on living wills for 16 midsize and specialty banks Friday morning, finding only Northern Trust’s submission lacking.

The regulator said that Santander has not made sufficient progress in complying with a 2015 enforcement order.

The Justice Department believes that Pyongyang was behind last year's New York Fed heist; Marcus Schenck, DB's CFO and deputy CEO, may be next in line to head the big German bank.

During a panel discussion Tuesday, regulators said they are trying not to crack down too hard on sales incentive programs and fix problems that bankers have identified with the exam system.

The German lender says that the Justice Department closed a criminal inquiry into its currency-trading activities without action, but regulators are said to be in the final stages of their own reviews of that conduct to determine if any fines are in order.

U.S. bank regulators have tentatively agreed to ease an appraisal requirement that could help commercial real estate borrowers, said people familiar with talks among the agencies.

Fed Chair Janet Yellen cast doubt on the administration’s call for a reinstatement of a Depression-era barrier between commercial and investment banking activities.

Banks of all stripes are cheering what the Federal Reserve’s accelerated rate increases promise for net interest income, but big banks and small banks have conflicting notions about how they want to price deposits in the coming months.

The Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday raised the federal funds rate 0.25%, marking only the third rate hike since the financial crisis.

Thomas Vartanian, a corporate lawyer and former regulator, is a noted critic of the Dodd-Frank Act who is reportedly being considered for a key spot in the Trump administration.

Raphael Bostic, an economist and a professor of public policy at the University of Southern California, has been named the 15^th president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, and will become the first African-American to head a regional Fed bank.

A database that identifies wrongdoers could prevent banks from making bad hiring decisions, but can it ensure that former employees' rights are adequately protected?

Merchant banking activities activities amount to more than $30 billion in direct investments, including more than $11 billion in renewable energy investments, a survey found.