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Bank fires four forex traders, while the OCC slams its auto lending practices; United wants to renegotiate its co-branded credit card agreement with JPM.
October 23 -
Federal regulators are moving forward with plans to finalize one of the last significant Obama-era rules governing long-term bank liquidity despite widespread expectations by banks that the proposal was all but dead.
October 19 -
President Trump said Tuesday that he has winnowed the number of candidates for the next Fed chair, including potentially reappointing Janet Yellen.
October 17 -
The release of the September meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee minutes reinforce concerns that the central bank doesn't fully grasp the interplay between monetary policy, inflation, and unemployment.
October 12 -
Federal Reserve Gov. Jerome Powell said capital levels have been well calibrated but that some changes to the capital rules may be in order to make compliance easier.
October 3 -
Under the bill, regional banks may eventually be able to shed the systemically important financial institution designation that subjects those with more than $50 billion in assets to tougher regulatory requirements.
September 28 -
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said Wells Fargo’s treatment of customers was “egregious and unacceptable," hinting that more regulatory action was likely.
September 20 -
The Fed announced Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer will depart in October, giving Trump the ability to rapidly reshape the central bank and target Dodd-Frank Act rules.
September 6 -
The central bank said Wednesday that it will assess a range of options regarding its operational role in a modernized payment system, an issue that divides large and small banks.
September 6 -
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 -
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen defended post-crisis reforms but allowed that further adjustments may be necessary to reduce adverse effects on small businesses and subprime borrowers.
August 25 -
JPMorgan CEO Dimon says banks are putting Silicon Valley to shame … in terms of diversity; Uber’s plan to replace its CEO with a woman seems to be sputtering; and Yellen’s potential successors also are all men.
August 10
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As banks press for deregulation, the debate over whether high bank capital standards are inhibiting loan growth has taken center stage.
August 8 -
Regulators have near consensus that parts of the Volcker Rule need to change. But it's not clear whether the fixes being contemplated will have a big impact.
July 27 -
A regulatory plan to create new restrictions on banks’ executive compensation practices appears dead — but changes since the financial crisis may have made the proposal largely obsolete anyway.
July 21 -
Regional banks are hoping that recent comments by Fed Chair Janet Yellen can add fuel to their efforts to replace the $50 billion asset threshold for systemically important banks with a regulatory indicator test.
July 20 -
House Republicans are ramping up their criticism of the Fed for making interest payments to member banks on excess reserves, and may have identified a way to counter claims that the payments are critical to monetary policy.
July 19 -
Readers slam credit unions’ ever-inclusive membership criteria, weigh in on the OCC’s proposed fintech charter, encourage a rewrite of the CRA, and more.
July 14 -
JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and Wells Fargo release earnings Friday; Cordray says acting comptroller’s claim that new consumer agency’s rule endangers banks has “no basis.”
July 14 -
The industry and GOP lawmakers face short time frames and other challenges in trying to repeal the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's arbitration rule.
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