Policy & Regulation

With their big-picture view across multiple portfolios, some CUSOs are reporting an increased appetite for business loans and participations.

There's been a lot of regulation against interchange fees, but there are some signs of easing in both the U.S. and U.K.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Union Bank urged the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday to narrow its approach to collecting data on small-business lending, fearing it could add costs and compliance burdens.

The Conference of State Bank Supervisors announced a raft of initiatives on Wednesday designed to make the state licensing system more attractive to fintech companies.

The 2015 written agreement had required Four Oaks to improve corporate governance.

Allan Meltzer was an economist and Federal Reserve historian who was critical of the central bank’s recent policies.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plans to launch an inquiry into small-business lending, the first step toward crafting a rule for the collection and reporting of data.

Republican leaders acknowledged that they will not be able to use the Congressional Review Act to overturn the CFPB's prepaid card rule.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s fintech charter could provide a workaround to a Dodd-Frank Act provision that slashed preemption for operating subsidiaries.

The acquirer of the failed Guaranty Bank took a pass on the latter’s 107 in-store branches, leading to their shutdown and a disruption in service for many low-income customers.