Opinions

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has fined a California-based lead aggregator and its owner hundreds of thousands of dollars for allegedly directing consumers toward illegal loans that would be void in their states.

The ICBA is calling on regulators to remove Wells Fargo board members and senior management after a series of scandals have plagued the bank.

A perfect risk-based capital ratio obviously is preferable to an admittedly imperfect leverage ratio. The problem is there is no perfect risk-based measure.

Federal Reserve Board Vice Chair Stanley Fischer said he will resign from the Board of Governors on or about Oct. 13.

The debate over the separation of banking and commerce has come roaring back, but instead of Walmart in a spotlight role, many banks have centered on a player they see as the new villain: fintech.

In a deregulatory environment, a rule that better enables consumers to bring class actions could lead to an explosion of litigation, which will affect product availability and pricing.

Nothing like revelations of a client’s Ponzi scheme that lead to your bank paying $4 million in anti-money-laundering fines. That’s what happened at Gibraltar Private Bank & Trust, but its CEO argues its compliance overhaul has given the bank a competitive advantage in cosmopolitan New York and South Florida.

States must recognize how their patchwork of different regimes stifles innovation, but they also have an opportunity to help maintain U.S. competitiveness in the global fintech marketplace.

CFPB director gives political speech but avoids saying if he will run for governor in Ohio; Treasury is looking into getting rid of the "too big to fail" label.

Karen Mills, former head of the Small Business Administration, says the glut of online lenders could help entrepreneurs obtain funds quickly.