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The current president, Esther George, is set to leave office on Jan. 31. The reserve bank's search committee has no deadline for finding a full-time successor.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's decision comes just hours after the Federal Reserve Board of Governors blocked the digital asset bank's bid to become a member bank.

Repo markets and the bank deposit business, in particular, would be upended if the U.S. were to default on its debt, experts say.

The decision does not end the digital-asset bank's goal of gaining access to the central bank's payment system, but it does make its road to approval more difficult.

It is rare for banks, especially large ones, to receive unsatisfactory ratings in their Community Reinvestment Act examinations. The San Antonio bank has now done it twice in a row.

Senate Democrats and banks want to subject industrial loan companies to Fed supervision, but even without legislation observers say the FDIC is skeptical of new applications.

Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard is a top contender to become the head of the White House's National Economic Council, according to people familiar with the deliberations.

The Federal Reserve's quantitative-tightening program risks being propelled toward an early end as U.S. politicians bicker in Washington over raising the national debt limit, according to some economists and bond market participants.

Working appraisers say government efforts to curb discrimination are pressuring them to inflate values, putting banks and borrowers at risk.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sent a memo asking employees to take a survey that will help the Office of Personnel Management formulate a coordinated governmentwide policy.