Policy & Regulation

Donald Trump's decision to embrace the reinstatement of the Glass-Steagall Act is part of an effort to cast him as the champion of community banks, according to his top advisers.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday promoted three CFPB officials to new leadership positions.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's fifth anniversary marks an important shift for the agency in which it pivots from rules required by the Dodd-Frank Act to pursuing other areas.

Mortgage originators aren't lending enough to people of color or the poor in the St. Louis, Milwaukee and Minneapolis metropolitan areas, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition said.

More than two dozen Democratic senators are calling on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to strengthen its payday lending proposal, arguing that it has loopholes that can be exploited by abusive lenders.

A private flood insurance bill passed by the House is making Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac uneasy because they fear it could lead to greater losses, according to a recent report by the Government Accountability Office.

Establishing a set of standards of practice for chief risk officers and others would help benchmark the quality control for managing risk in the financial services industry.

While surprised and alarmed by Donald Trump's decision to add the reinstatement of the 1930s-era banking law to the GOP platform, Republican lawmakers at the convention in Cleveland maintained that Trump is a better choice for the economy and the financial system. Here's why.

As banks pull out of developing countries, we must seek a healthier balance between preventing money laundering and maintaining banking systems of entire regions.

A California man was sentenced to more than nine years in federal prison for his role in leading a mortgage loan modification scheme that defrauded more than 1,000 homeowners nationwide.