Maxine Waters

The speed and the bipartisan nature of the demand for an investigation into Facebook's Libra are telling, giving ammunition to those who warned the cryptocurrency space is underregulated and unsafe

House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters wants to examine the merger of BB&T and SunTrust, as well as Facebook's cryptocurrency plans.

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Readers weigh in on big tech companies walking away from OCC's fintech charter, House committee wanting Facebook to halt Libra, calls to stop Congress from delaying CECL, and more.

Senators will examine the social media giant’s plan to offer a digital currency. House Financial Services Committee leaders have already criticized the idea.

Bills to fix the National Flood Insurance Program and combat the money-laundering risks from shell companies enjoyed bipartisan support during a House Financial Services Committee debate.

All Democrats supported the bill focused on the decisions of former acting CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney, while all Republicans opposed it.

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson appeared not to recognize a commonly known real estate term during a congressional hearing on Tuesday.

The legislation faces a tougher path in the Senate where GOP leaders are reluctant to ease restrictions on what is still a banned narcotic.

National Credit Union Administration Chairman Rodney Hood’s testimony Thursday was reportedly the first time in three years the agency has appeared before the House Financial Services Committee.

Draft legislation to make annual testimony mandatory for the chiefs of the largest banks was added to the agenda of a House Financial Services Committee hearing set for Thursday.

The chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee said the panel will be holding its own public hearings on the proposed merger.

House lawmakers postponed a committee vote on legislation to require beneficial ownership disclosures, nearly a year after a different anti-money-laundering bill stalled over a similar provision.

Democratic lawmakers made clear at a hearing Wednesday that they do not intend to abandon the issue following the GOP's repeal of regulatory guidance last year.

Congress has broad subpoena powers to demand the president’s financial records, but no bank wants to disclose confidential information about a powerful client.

The suit seeks to block the banks from complying with congressional subpoenas targeting the president’s bank records, escalating his showdown with Democratic lawmakers investigating his finances.

On the same day the House Financial Services Committee held a hearing with CEOs of seven of the largest banks, Sen. Sherrod Brown said bank misconduct since the crisis demanded further inquiry by the Senate Banking Committee.

The congressional hearing will be ripe with opportunities for lawmakers to raise flags on issues of diversity, deregulation and social policy.

A discussion on how to modernize policies to combat housing discrimination quickly turned into a sharp critique of the social media giant's advertising practices.

The chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee said Tim Sloan's resignation as CEO was "long overdue" but that other executives and directors should be removed as well.