Opinions

Howard Bancorp and Bryn Mawr Bank are trying different approaches to reach out to underserved markets they’ve entered via acquisitions. Creative in-house initiatives may take on added importance as regulators move to "dial back" Community Reinvestment Act rules.

Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting will bow out of certain regulatory matters involving CIT and U.S. Bank, where he held leadership roles, and three others.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a request for information Wednesday about certain "discretionary aspects" of the bureau’s rulemaking processes that are not already required by law.

House legislation to reverse a federal court decision on state interest rate caps would increase access to credit, not expand predatory lending as critics have argued.

The Dodd-Frank Act consolidated massive authority under the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but acting Director Mick Mulvaney wants the bureau to take a back seat to states and other federal regulators.

The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act (S.2155) is said to be "the most comprehensive regulatory relief to come onto the Senate floor in over a decade."

Economic adviser leaves after President Trump announces steel tariffs; Senate votes to begin debating Dodd-Frank changes, which are expected to pass later this week.

The resignation of National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn costs banks a top ally in the Trump administration and will likely further slow agency appointments.

Deposit prices are starting to rise, deposit growth is slowing, commercial loan growth remains tepid (with some exceptions) and concerns are mounting about the economic toll of U.S. trade policy, bank executives said just a few weeks ahead of the end of the quarter.

The Federal Home Loan banks could "design and implement" their own system for deciding how to allocate resources for affordable housing initiatives under the proposal by the Federal Housing Finance Agency.