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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, now led by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, agreed to temporarily halt enforcement and litigation over its medical debt rule, handing the banking industry an immediate reprieve.
February 7
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More state legislatures are exploring how to regulate earned wage access products, and interest rate caps are central to that discussion. New York state's pending legislation is taking a novel approach.
February 7
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The Federal Reserve is no longer exploring the idea of creating a new liability for interbank settlements. Instead, it is looking for ways to improve existing systems.
February 6
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The time is ripe for Congress and the president to shrink the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s board of directors back down to its original three members, removing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's seat.
February 6
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With the Federal Reserve eyeing changes to its annual examination of large bank resilience, this year's test could be the last of its kind.
February 5
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The Federal Reserve governor said regulators have stifled the banking system's ability to experiment with emerging technologies.
February 5
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As the Federal Reserve's overnight reverse repurchase agreement program nears zero, pressure could mount on the central bank to slow or stop its asset runoff as it fights inflation.
February 5
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The finance arm of the Detroit automaker has resubmitted its application for an industrial loan company charter to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. after withdrawing its prior application last year.
February 4
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A former senior advisor at the Federal Reserve Board was arrested and charged with economic espionage for conspiring to steal trade secrets and sell them to China for $450,000.
February 3
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Rohit Chopra in a letter to President Donald Trump confirmed that his "term as CFPB Director has concluded."
February 1
