Policy & Regulation

American Banker's Kate Berry discusses recent events at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

A liberal advocacy group says a Trump political appointee at the CFPB must resign after The Washington Post reported the official once called most hate crimes hoaxes.

Another regulator has already gone out on its own with an advance notice of proposed rulemaking. But, Powell said, "It’s a process and we’re very much interested in pushing forward.”

The National Credit Union Administration is eyeing a 1.1 percent funding increase for 2019 for a total of $334.8 million

If a merchant seeking to avoid credit card fees turned to cash discounting, it was at least partly because the other option — putting a surcharge on credit card use — was complicated and illegal in many states.

The student loan servicer called the move a "temporary step back" in what it had expected to be a lengthy process.

The Kentucky Republican is the first House member that Friends of Traditional Banking has ever endorsed.

The House of Representatives passed two bills that would tie appraisal waivers for Small Business Administration loans to bank rules for commercial real estate loans, despite objections from the Appraisal Institute about its members being cut out of transactions.

The bureau's findings and request for information came after acting Director Mick Mulvaney had cited data security as a flaw at the agency.

Sen. Warren proposes a bill that would extend the law to credit unions while stiffening penalties; the Spanish bank taps UBS’s Andrea Orcel.