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Democrats are raising concerns about a Republican push to transfer more of the risk of flood insurance to private insurers.

Litigation is soaking up a significant share of resources at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which faces at least a dozen cases challenging its constitutionality and a surging number of legal disputes to its enforcement actions.

Spain's largest bank to pay a little over a dollar to save troubled domestic rival Banco Popular; House finance committee says CFPB director dragged his feet on Wells phony accounts scandal.

A GOP House Financial Services Committee report alleges that Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray lied about the bureau's investigation into the Wells Fargo scandal.

The Senate Banking Committee may pass a number of small legislative proposals to help banks and credit unions, but the panel is still figuring out what sort of package can ultimately be agreed upon, top Democrats said Tuesday.

Ahead of a vote on a bill that would eliminate orderly liquidation authority, supporters of those powers are proposing changes to make OLA more palatable to conservatives.

After months of speculation, former OneWest CEO Joseph Otting was finally named as the nominee for comptroller of the currency.

Given Jamie Dimon’s stature in banking, it’s unlikely that the longtime CEO's role on the advisory panel of a controversial president could tarnish JPMorgan Chase's reputation. But his involvement nonetheless carries an element of political risk.

While a House bill expected to be passed this week has little chance in the Senate, some of its individual provisions could be enacted by Congress, including one aimed at banks' systemic threshold.

JPMorgan Chase Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon, who in December agreed to exit a minority-owned Chinese investment-banking joint venture, said the U.S. bank is seeking to find a new structure that would eventually give it full control.

The Federal Housing Administration's gateway to homeownership could be widened if the Trump administration takes actions to reduce mortgage insurance premiums and clarify lender penalties under the False Claims Act.

Credit unions continue to press the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for regulatory relief, arguing that existing exemptions have not gone far enough.

The end of the filibuster for presidential nominees could affect whether Democrats get a say in picking board members of the FDIC.

A bipartisan group of senators want more community banks to get relief from Dodd-Frank capital requirements.

A federal appeals court appears to be leaning toward a ruling in favor of the CFPB in a case about its single-director structure.

A bill to overhaul the Dodd-Frank Act could get a vote in the full House as early as June 7.

Free-market advocates believe that consumers discipline wayward companies better than the government by eschewing their offerings, but switching products is not the same as punishing malefactors.

A Dodd-Frank overhaul bill faced trouble in the House because lawmakers did not want to vote on a provision to repeal debit swipe fee limits.

House financial services committee head agrees to drop swipe-fee repeal in order to save Financial Choice Act; Federal appeals court appears skeptical about declaring agency's makeup unconstitutional.

In a rare move, the credit union regulator is asking the CFPB for exemptions for credit unions from expanded HMDA requirements and unfair and deceptive acts authority.