Policy & Regulation

The idea that deposit brokers are trying to game the deposit insurance system and could contribute to another crisis is outdated.

Expected weaker fundamentals, stock buybacks and higher interest rates all to blame; firms are downsizing as bitcoin prices crash.

Republicans on the House Oversight Committee concluded that last year’s massive data breach at Equifax was fully preventable, but stopped short of recommending new laws aimed at averting future hacks. Democrats called the final report a “missed opportunity.”

The Federal Reserve Board chairman told Sen. Elizabeth Warren in a letter that the central bank is actively reviewing the bank's progress in following a February consent order.

Wells Fargo charges students nearly four times as much in fees as banks without college marketing agreements, according to an internal report by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The administration’s reported interest in having the White House aide run Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's regulator signals a focus on constraining the mortgage giants’ role in the housing market.

The National Credit Union Administration will hold its final open board meeting of 2018 this week, amid a host of other regulatory and legislative activity.

The regulatory agencies are the last word on an exemption from the proprietary trading ban, and there are no signs they will expand it beyond small institutions.

Blockchain backers concede the hype is turning off bankers; Mulvaney's CFPB name change could cost industry millions of dollars; the one banking bill Congress might actually pass next term; and more from this week's most-read stories.

The senior central bank official signaled interest in deploying the countercyclical capital tool for the first time as corporate bond risks build.