Policy & Regulation

The proposed rule is another step in the agency's implementation of a regulatory relief bill that President Trump signed into law in May.

The central bank, which received broad authority after the crisis to supervise big banks, is expected to get more attention from lawmakers over its discretion to ease banks’ burden.

The agency says the effort, part of a review conducted every 10 years, will help eliminate regulatory red tape.

Consumer advocates and academics recently removed from the Consumer Advisory Board said they were "disappointed" that the board will be reconstituted with fewer members.

There's a flurry of credit union-related activity on tap in Washington this week, but it could all get pushed aside by Hurricane Florence.

PNC's Todd Barnhart, incoming Consumer Bankers Association chair, says the group is concentrating on the impending process of modernizing the Community Reinvestment Act among other issues that do not require action on Capitol Hill.

For any emerging technology, skepticism is natural and blockchain will need to prove itself before it is widely adopted, writes David Hanson, co-CEO of Ultra.

The financial press ponders how a replay of the 2008 crisis can be avoided; losing HNA's 7.6% stake may be a blessing in disguise, but DB's funding costs remain a worry.

Businesses without the substantial resources of a Danske Bank are sitting ducks for even more esoteric scams, like transaction laundering, writes Ron Teicher, CEO of EverCompliant.

The agency announced a new lineup for the Consumer Advisory Board after having fired its previous members and those of two other panels.