Policy & Regulation

Dueling blockchain stories — one arguing it was virtually useless, the other saying it could change real estate lending — seized the top spots this week, while readers also focused on tax reform aftermath and a key Senate retirement.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau complaints dropped last year for most of the big banks, including Wells Fargo, though they rose sharply at Capital One.

Kirsten Sutton Mork, the House Financial Services Committee's staff director, will become chief of staff at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The proposal lays out principles in three critical areas: the effectiveness of senior management, handling of the firm’s business line and the independent risk management structures within a banking organization.

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., has called for an investigation into how CFPB Deputy Director Leandra English was approved for a permanent civil service job at the agency.

Overstock CEO and Wall Street gadfly Patrick Byrne wants to create a market free from trading practices he has long decried.

The Trump administration should not name J. Mark McWatters as head of the consumer agency, given his lack of experience overseeing commercial banks and his leadership of the National Credit Union Administration, a cheerleader for the industry it supervises.

Readers react to President Trump considering a credit union regulator to head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, debate a delay for top banking nominees, opine on the value of blockchain, and more.

The Trump administration should not name J. Mark McWatters as head of the consumer agency, given his lack of experience overseeing commercial banks and his leadership of the National Credit Union Administration, a cheerleader for the industry it supervises.

Agency plans to address issues and regulation of cybercurrencies; OCC says the bank failed to fix problems cited in a 2012 consent order.