Policy & Regulation

After remaining above $2 trillion for a year, the Federal Reserve's overnight reverse repurchase facility has seen steadily less use in recent months. The development is welcomed by banks, but could be a sign that certain financial players are shifting funds to riskier activities.

Switzerland on Wednesday proposed tougher AML rules as U.S. officials ramp up their critique of what they say is weak sanctions enforcement.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has issued proposals that would make banks with $100 billion of assets or more hold more long-term debt as a cost buffer in the event of a collapse and meet new planning requirements in case they ever have to be resolved in an emergency.

The Federal Reserve Board governors say they're worried about the added cost of the new requirement for non-systemically important banks as well as the implications for regulatory tailoring.

The regulatory overhaul for large and midsized banks could lead to stronger pressure for those banks to merge in the coming years while leaving smaller banks less competitive — and arguably less stable.

Azher Abbasi, executive vice president of the supervision and credit group at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, will retire on Oct. 31. Niel Willardson, a former Minneapolis Fed official, will replace him as interim executive vice president Oct. 1.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is probing the non-QM lender, which pledges to promote homeownership in underserved communities, over its mortgage-backed securities, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter. 

The small community bank was bought up by crypto-focused investors and quickly repositioned to cater to tech innovators. Is this problematic or perfectly legitimate?

House Republicans' accusation that government agencies are being weaponized against political conservatives underlines a longstanding challenge for banks: Balancing customers' data privacy and stopping financial crime.

Banking regulators have been debating how to reform the implementing regulations for the Community Reinvestment Act across two presidential administrations. But despite banks' urging to slow down, regulators are poised to finish the job in early fall.