Policy & Regulation

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that President Obama did not have the authority a year ago when he filled three recess appointments to the NLRB — the same day he appointed Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Our analysis is agnostic on whether the costs are proportional to the benefits. But we find the claim that the CARD Act has had no cost to cardholders to be too hopeful based on current data.

Despite bipartisan nature of first vote, new House Financial Services Committee leaders still dispute effects of Dodd-Frank law.

A look at what the past record of Mary Jo White, the nominee to run the Securities and Exchange Commission, says about her future dealings Wall Street.

Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry and FDIC attorney Richard Osterman faced some pointed questions from members of a British parliamentary panel.

President Barack Obama on Thursday re-nominated Richard Cordray to continue leading the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

Regulators took a series of enforcement actions against banks last month in connection with management oversight, capital adequacy and other matters.

The operators of a scheme that allegedly deceived consumers trying to sell their timeshare properties are permanently banned from the timeshare resale business.

"Richard Cordray was reintroduced Thursday as the administration's long-term choice to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but huge questions remain over whether his second nomination for the job is any more likely to be approved than his first," writes American Banker's Joe Adler.

Visa Inc. is urging its shareholders to reject a proposal by activist investors that would require the card network to reveal detailed information about its lobbying activities.