Policy & Regulation

The Comptroller of the Currency said the Federal Reserve had disagreements with the metrics of a pending proposal to revamp the Community Reinvestment Act.

Several proposals in Congress requiring clear disclosures on student loans could help lower defaults.

The charter may provide greater confidence for digital currency investors; bank expects to make large-scale job cuts in its global banking and markets unit.

The regulators approved the deal after nine months of consideration, but the Fed hit SunTrust with a consent order tied to "unfair and deceptive" business practices from 2013 to 2017.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency is scrapping a capital proposal it released last year and will seek comments on a new plan in 2020.

The National Credit Union Administration is funded by the institutions it oversees and insures. Some of them are pushing back against spending trends at the agency.

The National Credit Union Administration's public budget briefings are a step in the right direction, but the institutions it regulates still have too little say over how those monies are spent.

The proposal would allow applicants with minor criminal records to work in the banking industry.

Rules related to custody banking, commercial real estate and derivatives were among the last required under last year’s regulatory relief law.

There's been chatter that investors are shying away from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage-backed securities because Congress may not enact housing finance reform. Be skeptical of those claims.