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The CFPB's acting director announced new political hires and more plans to overhaul the agency in an email Wednesday.

The former CFPB director won the state’s Democratic primary Tuesday night, and his tenure at the agency is likely to be a key issue in the general election.

The Senate Banking Committee will consider the nominations of Richard Clarida and Michelle Bowman to the Federal Reserve next week.

The House affirmed this week that it would move forward with a vote on a Senate bill overhauling parts of Dodd-Frank, but how far lawmakers push additional relief proposals is still unclear.

Bill supporters say the guidance — which held indirect auto lenders liable for unintentional discrimination at partner dealerships — violated Dodd-Frank, but consumer advocates say the legislation would expose minority borrowers to mistreatment.

The administration is prolonging a decision on a permanent director for the agency to keep the interim chief in place until year-end or longer.

Former N.Y. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman had been a thorn in the side of financial institutions, using his state’s significant clout to affect national policy debate on a host of topics ranging from dark pools to cryptocurrencies. Here’s a look back at how Schneiderman made his mark on the ways financial institutions do business.

Speaker Paul Ryan said the House will vote on Dodd-Frank reform legislation that originated in the Senate, but additional House reg relief measures are still on the table.

Gary Cohn, the former director of the White House Economic Council, said he's still weighing options for his next role but one possibility is a digital bank.

The public face of the Trump administration's revamp of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is by no means working alone.

For the second time in a year, the scandal-scarred bank has launched a brand campaign aimed at restoring trust with customers.

The group made its plea in a petition, signed by over 10,000 community bank employees, urging lawmakers to quickly move a bill rather than subject the process to "further delay or inaction."

Today's senior leaders seem more willing than their predecessors to take bold stands on controversial topics, in part because employees and investors expect them to.

Trump-appointed regulators are making headway on easing regulations. But there's one critical voice missing.

The class-action lawsuit filed by investors alleged that bank executives deliberately failed to disclose the full nature of its cross-selling practices to shareholders.

The Federal Reserve’s top regulator says proposed capital changes make system safer while overall capital levels are unchanged.

China's mobile payment lessons for U.S. bankers; Steven Mnuchin's wishful thinking on GSE reform; unpacking Mick Mulvaney's CFPB relocation musings; and more from this week's most-read stories.

Both Republicans and Democrats are making threats against banks that don't take their side on gun control.

Bankers have long complained that anti-money-laundering regulations impose an extra burden without really stopping major crime. D.C. is finally listening.

Financial institutions can begin to reduce the number of rogue employees and put a stop to bad behavior.