Policy & Regulation

Some believe the capital markets need prudential regulation to protect the system from danger, but here's why that is a false assumption.

In a blow to community groups that had opposed the acquisition, the Federal Reserve on Monday approved the application by Goldman Sachs to acquire roughly $17 billion in online deposits from GE Capital.

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Obama administration to express its views in a case that has raised doubts about the business model used by many online lenders.

In an interview with American Banker, KeyCorp Chief Executive Beth Mooney discusses why the bank struck a $16.5 billion agreement to expand low- and moderate-income lending, and details of the negotiations involved.

The Federal Reserve Board has terminated enforcement actions issued in 2010 against American Bank of Baxter Springs in Kansas and CB Financial in Wilson, N.C., and issued an enforcement action against Hazard Bancorp in Kentucky.

As servicers downsize their loss mitigation units, housing counselors are finding the companies' designated points of contact are less experienced, making it more difficult to get packages approved for troubled borrowers.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau claimed victory Friday in resolving a long-standing lawsuit against the bankrupt Nevada debt-relief company Morgan Drexen, which preemptively sued the agency in 2013.

Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., is readying a package of bills, one of which could provide financial tech firms with national standards, so that they wouldn't have to comply with the various state regulations.

Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry said today that the existing framework for assigning Community Reinvestment Act assessment areas based on branches will have to be reconsidered "sooner or later."

House Financial Services Committee members asked CFPB Director Richard Cordray tough questions this week — but they let their own theatrics trump substance, using their time to berate the CFPB chief rather than engaging in substantive discussion.