Policy & Regulation

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a report Friday to employees detailing its diversity statistics and the racial disparities in performance evaluations reported two weeks ago by American Banker.

The Federal Reserve Board revised its findings to the closely watched Dodd-Frank Act stress tests on Friday, citing inconsistencies in the treatment of some figures during its calculations.

Housing and lending groups are urging the government sponsored enterprise regulator and conservator to keep the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loan limits where they are for now.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency recently freed 11 banks from regulatory orders.

A recap of the informed opinions (and they discussions they generated) on BankThink this week.

Retailers face an uphill battle after an appeals court panel rules that banks shouldn't have to sacrifice another big chunk of their debit interchange revenue.

Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN), Switzerland's second-biggest bank, agreed to pay $885 million to settle lawsuits by the Federal Housing Finance Agency over mortgages sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

American Express Co. paid Chief Executive Officer Kenneth Chenault $24.4 million for 2013, an 11 percent increase over the previous year.

A coalition of advocacy groups announced their opposition Friday to a bill by Senate Banking Committee leaders to overhaul the housing finance system, citing concerns about market access for low-income and minority families.

A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the Federal Reserve acted appropriately in setting restrictions on debit card swipe fees, marking a critical victory for banks and a major setback for retailers. American Banker editors discuss what the ruling is likely to mean for the debit card industry and whether it represents the end of the high-stake battle.