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A number of banks and business groups sue to block prohibition on mandatory arbitration; credit bureau weighs how far back to look in denying compensation.

The Financial Stability Oversight Council said Friday that AIG, whose collapse threatened to bring down the U.S. financial system during the financial crisis, should no longer be subject to enhanced standards.

The Trump administration has implemented an apparent role reversal for the Financial Stability Oversight Council, leaving the true intended role of the post-crisis systemic risk body unclear.

Ironically, the credit bureau’s rise was built on promise to safeguard customers’ most sensitive information; bank to build global ops center in Warsaw.

The lack of progress by the Trump administration with an examination of hedge fund risks is particularly troubling in light of key Trump backers’ ties to the hedge fund industry.

Prudential Financial is laying the groundwork to escape the government's label that it's too big to fail, a move that would dramatically reduce federal oversight of the largest U.S. life insurer.

Acting Comptroller of the Currency Keith Noreika said Monday that he would not interfere with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's rule banning mandatory arbitration after missing a key deadline to appeal the regulation.

Regulators have near consensus that parts of the Volcker Rule need to change. But it's not clear whether the fixes being contemplated will have a big impact.

The Financial Stability Oversight Council discussed its designation of certain nonbanks as systemically important and the "efficacy" of the Volcker Rule at a closed-door meeting on Monday.

As Treasury Department officials review the Financial Stability Oversight Council’s designation process, they should also re-examine how the Dodd-Frank Act defines systemic risk.