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The Federal Housing Finance Agency has far more authority to upend the status quo than most realize, according to a new report.

Options include legislation to study the risk of leveraged loans, more aggressive action by the Financial Stability Oversight Council and additional capital buffers. Policymakers may also choose to do nothing.

The seven Democrats sought details on the Fed's response to allegations the bank suppressed suspicious activity reports on businesses tied to President Trump and Jared Kushner.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is attempting to sort out allegations of sexual harassment against the state's banking commissioner and counterclaims of a political setup.

The U.S. economy is on solid footing except for one potential trouble spot, according to Bank of America's Chief Executive Brian Moynihan: leveraged loans — a business the bank has dominated for a decade.

The trade organization is promoting deputy general counsel John Court to succeed Jeremy Newell in July.

With the Trump administration appearing willing to shake up Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac without Congress, Reps. Lacy Clay, D-Mo., and Sean Duffy, R-Wis., said legislative action should be a priority.

Competition from the public sector in payment services has benefited the public and should not be discounted in the development of a real-time system, said Kansas City Fed chief Esther George.

The head of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s regulator blamed “burdensome” local regulations for a lack of housing supply, and also provided an update on the administration’s plan for GSE reform.

Although Libor will will not be phased out until at least 2021, Randal Quarles said making the switch early is "consistent with prudent risk management."

The credit union movement is uniquely positioned to partner with the U.S. Postal Service as a way to increase consumers' access to affordable financial services.

A former Wall Street lawyer who worked on bank bailouts is behind the idea; threatened tariffs are only one of the country’s problems, Citi CEO says.

Suspense builds on what the new name of merged BB&T-SunTrust will be; JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon says Wells Fargo 'irresponsible' for lack of CEO plan; how APIs are being used at Citi, BBVA and other leading banks; and more from this week's most-read stories.

The launch of a combined securitization platform for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is meant to ease the transition to a new housing finance system. But questions remain about how the mortgage sphere will adapt to the single security.

The industry continues to push for an overhaul of the bureau’s leadership structure, but both parties seem uninterested.

In stark contrast to his predecessor, C. Allen Parker said Thursday he accepts regulators' criticism and suggested that the bank may struggle to achieve revenue growth until it moves past its regulatory woes.

The payout resolves a 2017 complaint filed by a male employee who alleged the bank’s parental leave policy was biased against dads.

The industry is so worried that a proposed FCC rule could hamper communications with members that some trade groups are seeking help from an unlikely ally -- the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Many banks have already scaled back home lending or even left the business. With profit margins shrinking, inventories of homes at crisis levels and competition from nonbanks intensifying, that’s unlikely to change.

A burgeoning trade war, the U.K.’s planned exit from the European Union and escalating tension between the U.S. and Iran have weighed on market sentiment in recent weeks, Citigroup CEO Michael Corbat said Wednesday.