Policy & Regulation

Appeals court says single director is constitutional; the CFTC is rethinking policies because of bitcoin.

Swelling capital levels, tax cuts and changing attitudes about post-crisis regulation could encourage bigger banks to issue the one-time payouts to reward shareholders and better manage their returns.

A federal appeals court handed a major victory — and a significant defeat — to the CFPB by upholding its constitutional structure while also slapping down the agency's practice of making new interpretations of law through enforcement actions.

Regulatory scrutiny of Tether and Bitfinex is spooking investors, though others argue the industry remains strong.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is seeking comment on how it sues companies via an internal process rather than the traditional court system.

Top Democrats in the House and Senate sent a letter to Mick Mulvaney on Wednesday questioning his decision to delay the implementation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s payday loan rule.

The decision by the appeals court means that a president can only fire the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for cause. But the ruling also scrapped the CFPB's massive fine against a nonbank mortgage lender.

Lower East Side People’s Federal Credit Union is on a mission to protect the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from Mick Mulvaney.

Modernized bank technology and improved data sharing would sharpen anti-money-laundering efforts, making crime like human trafficking more risky and less profitable.

The busy legislative agenda laid out by President Trump in the State of the Union speech Tuesday night casts doubt on how quickly Congress can move on financial services legislation, particularly a housing finance reform package.