Policy & Regulation

Banks would get protection from the Justice Department's investigation of mass-market consumer fraud under legislation sponsored by Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Mo.

Community-sized institutions with cybersecurity gaps are facing new attention from regulators under a pilot exam project.

Bitcoin and other digital currencies will get more attention from the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau after prodding from a congressional watchdog.

A diverse group including troubled borrowers, low-income renters, mortgage-bond issuers and investors in those bonds will get a boost from new Treasury efforts to keep capital flowing in the mortgage market.

Bitcoin and other digital currencies will get more attention from the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau after prodding from a congressional watchdog.

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

WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a statement Thursday saying a Supreme Court decision issued earlier that day involving presidential recess appointments did not have any impact on the agency's previous rulemakings.

The latest Pew report shows consumers are still in the dark on overdraft fees, and it says that they pay too much when they have insufficient funds. The advocacy group is again calling for more regulatory reforms.

WASHINGTON — The number of home retention actions taken by the largest banks in the first quarter was more than three times the amount of completed foreclosures, short sales and deed-in-lieu-of-foreclosure, according to a regulatory report released Thursday.

Friends of Traditional Banking, has released its preliminary list of 2014 races to watch.