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The debate over the separation of banking and commerce has come roaring back, but instead of Walmart in a spotlight role, many banks have centered on a player they see as the new villain: fintech.
September 5 -
JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America were among those institutions speaking out about President Trump's plan to terminate legal protections for young, undocumented immigrants who arrived in the country as children.
September 5 -
The long-term recovery for thousands of Texans whose homes were decimated by Hurricane Harvey rests with a Trump administration government outsider who wants his agency's budget cut by billions of dollars.
September 5 -
CFPB director gives political speech but avoids saying if he will run for governor in Ohio; Treasury is looking into getting rid of the "too big to fail" label.
September 5 -
A law firm hired by the New York Fed board concluded that Dudley’s error was "inadvertent," and that while it violated the reserve bank's own code of conduct, it did not violate federal statutes.
September 1 -
Bank undercounted fake accounts and says it also opened more than 500,000 bill-pay accounts; CFPB director provides “no further insights” on his future.
September 1 -
The goal, according to Wells Fargo's head of community banking, is to focus on how customers are treated rather than how many products they buy as well as create a consistent approach to the megabank's sprawling branch network.
August 31 -
Wells Fargo said Thursday that employees opened 3.5 million potentially unauthorized consumer accounts over a nearly eight-year period, a 67% increase from its earlier estimate.
August 31 -
Wells Fargo said Thursday that employees opened 3.5 million potentially unauthorized consumer accounts over a nearly eight-year period, a 67% increase from its earlier estimate.
August 31 -
A credit service provider agreed to exit the industry on Wednesday after a yearlong lawsuit with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
August 31 -
Bank of America plans to provide a premium package that includes speaking directly to analysts, attending conferences and meeting senior executives of major companies and policymakers.
August 30 -
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray said his possible political ambitions did not affect the small-dollar rule, while declining to spell out if he was running for office.
August 30 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s likely decision to pare back its final rule on small-dollar lending may help guard it against a congressional rollback and pave the way for bankers to return to the space.
August 29 -
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, wrote a letter to CFPB Director Richard Cordray calling on him to clarify whether he is running for political office.
August 29 -
Fed chair says post-crisis financial reforms have strengthened the banking system and the economy; consumers again comfortable borrowing against their home equity.
August 28 -
A federal judge sanctioned the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Friday by dismissing a massive lawsuit against several payment processors, saying the agency demonstrated a "willful disregard" for court rules.
August 25 -
Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., is calling on the FDIC to hold a public hearing on SoFi's application for deposit insurance.
August 25 -
The San Francisco bank is embroiled in a high-stakes legal battle over the use of arbitration in disputes involving overdraft fees at the same time that adversaries are portraying the scandal-plagued bank as the poster child for why reform is necessary.
August 25 -
Acting Comptroller of the Currency Keith Noreika is questioning the sincerity of recent steps by the FDIC to encourage de novo applications.
August 25 -
Republicans are already accusing CFPB Director Richard Cordray of misusing his job as a fundraising platform while many agency allies want him to stay.
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