Mike Crapo

The Senate Banking Committee approved the nominations of Richard Clarida as vice chairman of the Fed and Michelle "Miki" Bowman as a Fed governor.

The industry’s biggest legislative victory in a decade made it to the finish line Thursday.

The bill passed by the House took a more cautious approach to relief than prior legislative proposals but has still been hailed by banking industry groups.

The soon-to-be-retiring chair of the House Financial Services Committee said Senate leaders have made a "commitment" to consider more changes.

After months of delay, the House is planning to vote on legislation next week that would amend the Dodd-Frank Act.

The group made its plea in a petition, signed by over 10,000 community bank employees, urging lawmakers to quickly move a bill rather than subject the process to "further delay or inaction."

Both Republicans and Democrats are making threats against banks that don't take their side on gun control.

The details about political donations to over a dozen lawmakers raise fresh questions about the payday lending sector's influence in Washington.

The senior GOP lawmaker appeared to acknowledge concerns that expanding the bill could harm Democratic support.

House Republicans are continuing to push the Senate to add more measures to a bill to give regulatory relief to community banks.