Questions about whether reserve banks are federal agencies and what role the Board of Governors plays in master account decisions should be answered in court, a federal judge ruled.

Inconsistent rules for calculating bank capital threaten to cut off small banks from a key source of liquidity.

The Federal Reserve appeared closer to moderating aggressive interest rate increases after welcome news on inflation, with three officials backing a downshift even as they stressed that policy needs to stay tight.

U.S. financial regulators proposed several steps to improve the functioning of the Treasuries market after it broke down early in the pandemic.

"We're at the very beginning of that mission" to tighten policy enough to slow down the economy and push down inflation, says Bill Dudley, a former New York Fed president.

The Federal Reserve's semiannual financial stability report said the threat of continued high prices and the Fed's response to them are top threats for banks and other market participants.

Facing calls for more transparency around its account-granting processes, the central bank has proposed making a public database of institutions with access to its services.

The central bank terminated a cease-and-desist order issued against the Agricultural Bank of China and its New York branch in 2016 for breaking anti-money-laundering rules.

Just as automakers start making headway sorting out the parts shortages that have constrained production and left dealers with a scarce supply of vehicles to sell, the Federal Reserve is putting up a new obstacle: much costlier car loans.

Legal experts are gaming out the various options for the CFPB after a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled on Oct. 19 that the bureau's funding is unconstitutional.

Ahead of this week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting, where it is expected to enact another large rate hike, 11 lawmakers sent a letter to the central bank, urging it not to go too far.

Custodia's lawsuit with the Federal Reserve over master account access is poised to advance to trial. Regardless of the outcome, the case will be consequential.

A federal judge in Wyoming said the scope of the lawsuit could change but that he expects it to proceed. It would be the first master account challenge to go to trial.

An appeals court ruling that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding source is unconstitutional is faulty. Upholding it would devastate the financial services industry.

Top Wall Street bankers offered up a litany of warnings that recession in the U.S. and Europe is increasingly likely with geopolitical risks further darkening the horizon into 2023.

The day after the FOMC announces its policy decision, Christian Scherrmann, U.S. Economist at DWS Group, will offer his take on the meeting, Fed Chair Powell's press conference and what comes next.

Congress will eventually turn its attention to the fact that taxpayers are subsidizing payments to large financial institutions.

U.S. central bankers said the next phase in their campaign to curb inflation will be to debate how high to raise interest rates and when to slow the pace of increases.

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard's reported speaking engagement at an invitation-only private event hosted by Citigroup last Friday may have violated the central bank's communications guidelines, central bank watchers said.

The Federal Reserve sounded a note of caution on the U.S. economy, which expanded "modestly" through early October with slowing activity raising recession concerns amid some indications of easing inflationary pressure.