Opinions

With strategic changes at key trade groups and attention shifting away from regulatory relief for community banks, the interests of large institutions have taken on more prominence.

The agency said the market for larger rental investors may not need additional liquidity from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

The employee who made sexual harassment allegations against the agency’s director also claims Watt withheld her pay increase after she refused his advances.

The Troy, Mich., company is operating unfettered by regulatory orders for the first time in a decade, and its CEO says Flagstar now has the flexibility to pull the trigger faster on deals and accelerate its diversification beyond mortgages.

The senator's proposed legislation includes a ban on individual stock ownership and restrictions on government employees joining the lobbying ranks.

FVCBancorp will use part of the proceeds to help pay for its pending acquisition of Colombo Bank.

Thibault Fulconis recently became CFO of the digital banking venture Varo Money, which has applied for a national bank charter.

The Community Reinvestment Act can lower — not increase — bank credit availability in some low-income regions, and the OCC should reconsider holding fintechs to the same standards with its new charter.

To compete with fintech startups, banks need to find more ways to use the mountains of data already at their disposal.

One expert offers credit union leaders "the best defense against risk" and lessons from previous economic crises.