Initial employment data shows virtually no job growth in October. With the Federal Reserve's focus on the labor market, the reading could seal the deal for a November rate cut.

Core PCE held steady as service costs rose, but the overall report maintains the central bank's flexibility ahead of next week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting.

Bank executives and industry advocates welcomed the Federal Reserve's interest rate reduction but warned that careful planning for future drops is necessary to avoid creating market turmoil.

The Federal Reserve said it identified consumer compliance deficiencies in a recent examination of Washington State-based UniBank.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra said regulators urgently need to implement the Basel III endgame bank capital proposal, suggesting his opposition to the revised rule centers on the process of re-proposal rather than more substantive opposition to suggested revisions.

With two excellent real-time payments rails now available in the U.S., enabling QR code transactions is essential. The financial services industry needs to come together and establish uniform standards.

The danger for the central bankers is that "they go too fast or too slow and that risk is higher now than it was six months ago," BofA Chief Executive Brian Moynihan said.

The Federal Open Market Committee is expected to cut interest rates at its September meeting, which will also provide a new Summary of Economic Projections. Marvin Loh, senior macro strategist at State Street Global Markets, examine the meeting, the SEP and Fed Chair Powell's press conference.

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Lorie Logan repeated her call for the U.S. central bank to lower interest rates at a careful pace as the economic environment remains uncertain.

Federal Reserve Board Gov. Christopher Waller argued that while decentralized finance technologies can reduce reliance on intermediaries and enhance efficiency, they ultimately pair well with centralized finance.

The Bank Policy Institute and The Clearing House filed a motion to join the central bank's defense of Regulation II.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago president stuck by his view that the U.S. central bank has moved past its singular focus on price pressures.

In an exclusive poll, 44% of American Banker readers backed former President Donald Trump's bid for the presidency but thought that current Vice President Kamala Harris had a better shot at winning.

Federal Reserve Vice Chair Philip Jefferson discussed the history of the central bank's last-resort lending facility. He characterized the Fed's latest outreach as part of a century-long effort to fine-tune the discount window.

Europe's top finance ministers are questioning the U.S.'s commitment to the global capital standards. The mistrust could have consequences for international regulatory efforts.

The Federal Reserve and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau moderately increased the minimum prices at which the Truth in Lending Act applies to loans and leases.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics has been so underfunded, for so long, that it has been forced to propose cuts to the vital Current Population Survey, which tracks the unemployment rate. Congress cannot allow that to happen.

The Federal Reserve issued two enforcement actions, one against a bank in Montana, the other against a former information technology employee in Wyoming.

The Federal Reserve has lifted a 2013 order relating to anti-money-laundering compliance issues, including in the megabank's now-defunct Banamex USA unit.

Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook called for weighing the costs and benefits of artificial intelligence, and flagged bias and fraud as areas of concern.