Policy & Regulation

Special counsel Robert Mueller is said to be drawing on ongoing investigations, including one by federal prosecutors into whether former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort laundered money from eastern Europe into New York properties.

Clearer criteria of what the Federal Reserve expects from directors will improve board oversight of banks, while also cutting down on misplaced demands on boards’ time and attention.

Triumph Bancorp in Dallas has successfully taken chances on out-of-state acquisitions, factoring and other nontraditional strategies that many of its peers have avoided.

Dividend payments by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are due to come one day after the U.S. is estimated to hit the debt ceiling, raising the stakes in the debate over whether those payments should continue.

NCUA Board Member Rick Metsger's term officially expired last week, meaning the president now has two openings to fill at the agency.

Federal regulators said Tuesday they would allow dozens of foreign banks and two U.S. bank holding companies to file their resolution plans by Dec. 31, 2018.

As banks press for deregulation, the debate over whether high bank capital standards are inhibiting loan growth has taken center stage.

Size matters in the credit union industry, and in most cases, the biggest have a serious advantage. But reaching this particular threshold doesn’t come cheap.

Young businesses often prefer banks, especially community banks, over online lenders. However, traditional lenders need to make quicker decisions, simplify the application process and make other improvements, these customers say.

Wells Fargo's regulators are looking into another issue involving insurance linked to auto loans as scrutiny of a key lending unit widens, according to people with knowledge of the matter.