Policy & Regulation

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's arbitration rule will likely be overturned by Congress if the agency moves ahead with finalizing it.

The House proposal establishes a 10% leverage ratio as the standard for bank strength, but it says nothing about the riskiness of the bank’s business or the size of its exposure to economic downturns.

Any amendments to the current regulatory framework must preserve banking regulation and supervision’s vital role in the proper functioning of our economy.

Retailers are prepared to go to the mat to defend the Durbin Amendment on swipe fees; tech firms who sought to displace big banks now sell their wares to them.

The new group, which will work alongside the bank’s lobbyists and focus on policy at U.S. and overseas regulators, is being run by Kevin Bailey, an alum of the OCC and GE Capital.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau faces its first jury trial in April in a case that could test whether the embattled agency is overstepping its authority and if it can engage in what critics see as Operation Choke Point-style tactics.

A rollback of fair-lending enforcement activity undertaken by the previous administration would deny justice to millions of families that are subjected to discriminatory practices.

Attendees at an American Bankers Association conference believe a massive overhaul of banking regulations is unlikely.

As the Bank Secrecy Act approaches its 50th anniversary, legitimate questions have arisen about the efficacy of anti-money-laundering requirements and the burden of compliance.

President Trump is considering bankers and financiers, not economists, to fill vacant Fed seats; the ABA is launching an ad campaign to roll back the Durbin Amendment on swipe fees.