Policy & Regulation

Recent political controversies are forcing credit unions and industry groups to reconsider their support for lawmakers they previously endorsed.

The regulator completed a thorough process, which included ensuring investors would treat borrowers well, before settling on a buyer.

Deputy Director Brian Johnson spent more than two years serving under two separate CFPB directors. He will become a partner at Alston & Bird LLP next month.

The agency's director said both steps will come as part of an ongoing review of agency rules and show her "commitment under the law to be effective and evidence based” in providing clarity to stakeholders.

The FDIC’s Quarterly Banking Profile said lackluster net interest income, likely resulting from lower short-term interest rates, drove a decline in fourth-quarter and full-year earnings.

Giving more Community Reinvestment Act credit to such partnerships will help low-income communities, despite industry concerns.

Jennifer Piepszak, JPMorgan's chief financial officer, said the largest U.S. bank planned to borrow funds through the Federal Reserve's emergency lending facility in an exercise designed to break the stigma attached to that program.

Three key Republicans on the Senate Banking Committee said Monday that they remain undecided on President Donald Trump's nomination of Judy Shelton to the Federal Reserve Board.

Legislation introduced Monday would go beyond changes the National Credit Union Administration put in place last year and increase parity with state-chartered institutions.

NCUA board member Mark McWatters defended the agency's position on credit union-bank purchases and called out the ongoing sniping on both sides of the argument.