Policy & Regulation

Bankers are likely to cheer an ad from a conservative group portraying the CFPB as a Stalinist bureaucracy bent on denying consumers' credit. But the ad's over-the-top attack is already playing into the hands of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the agency's founder.

The New York banking regulator announced Tuesday it was working on new cybersecurity requirements even as bankers pushed agencies to further harmonize their efforts.

The added clarity provided by the Federal Housing Administration's revised single-family handbook comes at the expense of lender flexibility to get loans qualified, including a popular workaround for borrowers with deferred student loan debt.

The American Bankers Association is deemphasizing the crisis-era fight over regulation and refocusing on the rising competitive threat posed by technology companies.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., are urging regulators to bolster new swaps rules in the wake of a controversial rollback of a provision of the Dodd-Frank Act last year.

Federal prosecutors on Tuesday charged three men in connection with the mass hack attack on JPMorgan Chase that took place in June 2014.

Neel Kashkari, the former assistant Treasury secretary and Goldman Sachs executive who oversaw the Troubled Asset Relief Program, has been appointed to head the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.

With the CFPB poised to finalize regulations on overdraft fees, it is important to realize how much the product helps informed consumers.

Over the last several months much has been made about the New York BitLicense.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is pushing back against a lawsuit from PHH Corp. that claims the agency erred in overturning an administrative law judge's recommendation to limit the amount of penalties it could face.