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Acting Ginnie Mae President Michael Bright will leave his post on Jan. 16 and will no longer seek confirmation to be the permanent head of the mortgage secondary market agency.

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The central bank chairman said Friday that he would not step down if asked to do so by the president, adding that he has not received any direct communications from the White House about the agency’s interest rate policy.

Linda Levy, CEO of Lower East Side People's Federal Credit Union, has no regrets about suing President Trump when he appointed Mick Mulvaney to run the CFPB, despite some negative reactions from her credit union colleagues.

President Trump expressed confidence in the Treasury secretary, Federal Reserve and U.S. economy on Tuesday.

Media reports say President Trump is polling advisers on whether he can fire the head of the central bank. He probably can't, but that may not stop him from trying.

President Donald Trump has discussed firing Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell as his frustration with the central bank chief intensified following this week’s interest-rate hike and months of stock-market losses.

As Congress moves closer to its Dec. 21 deadline to keep the government funded, the outlook for more financial services regulatory relief continues to worsen.

Readers sound off on the CFPB's name change, whether the Post Office should be allowed to engage in banking services and the FDIC's call to revamp the de novo process.

The president’s escalating criticism of the central bank might be bluster. But it raises questions about how far he might go and what would happen if he tried to act.