Policy & Regulation

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown said Wednesday that the Senate would wait to confirm President Biden’s Federal Reserve picks until the return of Democrats recovering from the coronavirus.

In “The Lords of Easy Money,” the journalist Christopher Leonard examines the Federal Reserve’s policy of quantitative easing following the 2008 financial crisis.

Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bob Menendez say the banks that own the payments system "have chosen to let consumers suffer" from unchecked fraud problems.

From the threat of cyberattacks to discriminatory lending practices, banks need to pay close attention to a number of significant challenges.

Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., has made reforming the Federal Reserve Banks a priority for his final months in office. With Elizabeth Warren and others expressing overlapping concerns, changes may be within reach.

Lael Brainard was confirmed as vice chair of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors Tuesday in a 52-43 Senate vote, the first of four central bank nominees set for consideration by the chamber.

Joe Manchin, a key Democrat in the U.S. Senate, said he’s spoken to Michael Barr, President Joe Biden’s choice to be the U.S. Federal Reserve chief banking supervisor, and so far doesn’t see a problem with his nomination.

The Treasury’s latest tax collection may preview how the shrinking of the Federal Reserve’s $9 trillion balance sheet, or quantitative tightening, will unfold for the markets and global liquidity.

Lenders don't oppose CFPB data collection for small-business loans but favor changes that would minimize unintended consequences for borrowers, a Consumer Bankers Association official writes.

New guidelines proposed by the Federal Reserve last month do not go far enough to define who can get an account and how, according to a joint comment letter from several banking trade associations. The process has become contentious as more fintechs seek access to the reserve system.