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The old record was set just before the Great Recession, and what may be most remarkable is that it took nearly nine years to reach a new milestone.

In an extensive interview, Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker talks about the challenges facing community banks, the biggest threat to the financial system and the possibility of interest rate hikes later this year.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is expected to face tough questions on the OCC, Glass-Steagall and housing finance reform when he testifies on Thursday.

JPMorgan Chase's chief caught a lot of Trump blowback at its annual meeting but refused an activist investor's challenge to step down from the president’s council on jobs.

A House Republican bill would allow lax lending standards to creep back into the financial system by gutting the CFPB, according to a letter from 158 law professors and scholars.

Democrats in the House and Senate introduced a bill Tuesday that would get rid of an obscure legislative process that has handcuffed rulemakings from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and other regulators.

Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President Patrick Harker sat down with American Banker to talk fintech, financial regulation and the economy.

The deposit insurer has stayed out of the debate over how to regulate the online lending industry. But that may be about to change.

Recent data on derivatives suggests strongly that increased clearing has occurred apparently at the expense of reporting dealers.

The laws that force banks to know their customers are good at catching petty criminals and “wannabe” terrorists, but can’t thwart sophisticated bad actors, argues whistleblower Edward Snowden.