Policy & Regulation

The Treasury Department gave financial institutions a rare pat on the back in a recent analysis of anti-money-laundering safeguards, saying the system has significantly improved.

Incorporating bill and rental payment data into consumer credit scores would be a boon for underserved Americans. New legislation in Congress could help credit reporting agencies realize this goal.

American Banker readers share their views on the most pressing banking topics of the week. Comments are excerpted from reader response sections of AmericanBanker.com articles and from our social media platforms.

FHA tries to clarify what loan defects will bring the harshest penalties to guide lenders and instill more confidence.

The Federal Reserve Board Thursday finalized changes to rules governing the calculation of interest payments on excess cash reserves held at regional Fed banks, a technical change aimed at easing the inevitable rise in federal interest rates in the future.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has fined a medical debt collector and ordered the company to provide financial relief to consumers for mishandling credit-reporting disputes.

The insurance provider said that it is not eligible for designation as a Systemically Important Financial Institution because it is not primarily a financial company, and even if it were, FSOC wrongly used the firm's size alone to subject it to heightened regulation.

A technical error made by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has become a saving grace for lenders who had pushed, begged and pleaded for more time to comply with a new mortgage disclosure rule.

It turns out the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's failure to file a two-page form to Congress on time was the unspecified "administrative error" that delayed the effective date for new mortgage disclosure rules.

The Federal Communications Commission rejected requests by banks and other companies that would have curbed lawsuits over unwanted phone calls to consumers.