Opinions

A group of state regulators issued a paper calling on federal regulators to do a better job of exempting small banks from their regulations, including urging the CFPB to provide more exemptions for small banks to its "Qualified Mortgage" rule.

State financial regulators have received few applications for licensing Bitcoin businesses even as they've handled many inquiries about them, according to David Cotney, the commissioner of banks in Massachusetts.

WASHINGTON — The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. will release a long-awaited document Tuesday detailing how it plans to use the "single point of entry" method to resolve failed behemoths.

Following pressure from the governors of Colorado and Washington, the agencies say they're considering steps to lessen banks' risk when establishing relationships with pot dispensaries and producers.

A ban on portfolio hedging would perfectly illustrate the current practice of regulatory ‘populism’ that has pervaded financial regulatory reform since the crisis.

New York's Benjamin Lawsky and other state regulators have given no indication of differentiating between online lenders that operate well and those that don’t. Yet the spectrum of alternative lending operations indicates that just such a distinction is needed.

A recap of the informed opinions (and the discussions they generated) on BankThink this week.

Appearing between two higher-profile speakers at D.C. conference, Luis Aguilar reminds audience that Sean Connery did not in fact pass the baton straight to Roger Moore.

With just two weeks left before Congress takes a holiday recess, lawmakers are stepping up efforts to deter frivolous patent lawsuits against banks and a host of other companies.

PNC has put the historic Pennsylvania Avenue headquarters building of Riggs National Bank on the market.