Opinions

The long-awaited proposal includes safe harbors to protect collectors from getting sued, but would restrict phone collection attempts and allow borrowers to opt out of receiving other communications.

A proposal to give the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau jurisdiction over credit unions with $10 billion or more of assets has sparked a war of words between the longtime foes.

A GSE exemption in the bureau’s “qualified mortgage” rule is set to sunset in 2021, and regulators should not try to extend it as some experts have suggested.

The credit unions, all of them small institutions, will pay a total of $4,069 in penalties for tardy submission of Q3 2018 all reports.

Fitch Ratings issued a negative warning for global banks after federal regulators proposed some relief from resolution plan requirements.

The board has promised to hire an outsider, but senior executives are lobbying for acting CEO C. Allen Parker to lead the company.

There is anticipation that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could release its debt collections proposal later this week.

Proposals to modernize the Community Reinvestment Act should be geared toward making concrete improvements, not upending parts of the law that are already working.

The California company was issued a consent order after it failed to meet the conditions of a January 2018 informal agreement.

Big banks may have found a way to lower needed reserve levels; with Brexit delayed, Goldman will hold off on expansion.