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A report by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s Office of Inspector General identified issues in the regulator's oversight of First Republic Bank.

While House Republicans and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra normally clash, Republicans offered unusual praise for Chopra's efforts around data privacy for consumers.

The platform will allow banks to share the names and account information of suspected scammers almost in real time. The American Bankers Association is set to test the system with a group of 20 pilot banks early next year.

The hike was driven by modest home price gains this year, following a larger conforming loan limit boost in 2022 in reaction to then-double-digit home price growth.

All eyes are on the Federal Reserve and monetary policy. Join us as Scott Anderson, chief U.S. economist and managing director at BMO Economics, breaks down the latest FOMC meeting.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. announced Tuesday that two financial officials with European regulatory backgrounds, Sir Jon Cunliffe and Elke Koenig, will join its Systemic Resolution Advisory Committee meeting on December 5 to discuss Dodd-Frank resolution authority and related issues.

Some proposed changes to uniform mortgage-backed securities, apartment loans and derivatives will be made while one involving credit reports and scores was pulled.

The financial services industry has run TV ads during football games and organized lobbying visits by small-business owners in its fight against the Basel III endgame plan to raise capital requirements for larger lenders. The tactics are beginning to show signs of working.

In her first remarks since the release of a sweeping report on the banks, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Sandra Thompson urges them to strengthen underwriting and communication with their members' regulators.

Three GOP leaders of the House Financial Services Committee, including Chairman Patrick McHenry, say they'll explore possible connections between the agency's alleged "toxic" work culture and its staffing shortages that may have contributed to this year's banking crisis.