Policy & Regulation

A federal judge says the agency can’t issue national bank charters to fintechs; Facebook’s CEO will state his case at a House hearing.

FCUs are regaining their appeal given the resources NCUA has put into helping de novos and the potential for expanded fields of membership.

A regulatory cloud still follows fintech companies following a judge's decision throwing out the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s special-purpose charter.

The Corporate Transparency Act would require companies to report their true owners to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, removing the burden of banks to collect beneficial ownership information about their clients.

At a House hearing covering a whole host of housing finance reform topics, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's regulator said "if the circumstances" call for eliminating investors, "we will."

The Massachusetts senator and presidential candidate warned the Treasury secretary not to use the incident as a rationale for weakening regulations.

The Treasury secretary repeated his concerns about the social media giant's proposed cryptocurrency, one day before Mark Zuckerberg is expected to face tough questioning from House lawmakers.

New tech can help banks with less cumbersome systems track suspicious activity more effectively.

Facebook’s cryptocurrency would not help underserved communities, despite the claims of its CEO, who is slated to appear before Congress this week.

An analysis of industry data shows CUs are not the leader in that space they have long claimed to be. Here's why that could come back to bite institutions later on.