Policy & Regulation

Write-down clears the decks for better times ahead; the agency’s acting head is looking to revamp strict rule that went into effect on Tuesday.

Progressives have been setting off alarm bells this week over the Senate’s bill to ease some Dodd-Frank rules, but the changes are more modest than many assume.

National Credit Union Administration Chairman Mark McWatters has not even been announced as President Trump's pick to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but his potential nomination already is uniting diverse groups in opposition.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Tuesday it will reopen the payday lending rule, on the same day the controversial rule technically went into effect.

House Republicans are exiting Congress in droves ahead of the 2018 midterm elections and the stakes for the financial services industry could be significant.

Housing regulators should not adopt an alternative credit scoring model until the banking industry is on board.

The bank plans to stick to its multiyear plan to pay out at least $60 billion in capital to shareholders even after booking a larger-than-forecast charge of $22 billion to adjust to the new tax regime

The two banks' tax reform expectations differ as they move in opposite directions; bank bows to pressure to report pay discrepancies.

Of the more than 30 GOP lawmakers due to retire at yearend — a historically significant level of departures for a single election — several are important to banking policy.

House Republicans are exiting Congress in droves ahead of the 2018 midterm elections and the stakes for the financial services industry could be significant.