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Speaking at an event hosted by The Clearing House, the Federal Reserve's vice chair for supervision said he expects both instant payment processing systems to be widely adopted over time.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has finalized a special assessment that is slightly pricier than originally proposed for banks with uninsured deposits of more than $5 billion. Trade groups voiced concerns that the largest banks are paying to clean up a mess created by regional banks.

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown is the first Democrat to join Republicans in calling for an independent allegations of sexual harassment and other misconduct at the FDIC. The White House called for speedy confirmation of an FDIC inspector general.

The bombshell investigation into pervasive sexual misconduct at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has spurred some senators to call for FDIC Chair Martin Gruenberg's resignation. If he can't right the ship, then he should step aside.

The Federal Reserve Board governor has emerged as a leading voice of skepticism on various regulatory rules and proposals. In doing so, she joins a long — and sometimes misunderstood — tradition of principled opposition at the central bank.

In its biannual report on supervision and regulation, the Federal Reserve Board noted an uptick in governance issues with large banks. Regional and community banks, meanwhile, were plagued by IT problems and risk management struggles.

Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Sandra Thompson is pushing for a quick launch of pilot programs at the 11 Federal Home Loan banks to help underserved communities after its report this week prescribed major reforms to the system.

The amount of money that investors are parking at a major Federal Reserve facility dropped below $1 trillion for the first time in more than two years.

Fincen's final rule issued Tuesday allows reporting companies to use Fincen identifiers as shorthand for a full list of preapproved beneficial ownership data, which the agency says will streamline the reporting process.

Citigroup didn't admit any wrongdoing in its settlement of allegations by regulators that employees denied credit cards to people in Southern California suspected of being of Armenian origin.