Policy & Regulation

Rising interest rates typically cause lenders to relax underwriting guidelines. The incoming administration promises to deregulate. Sounds like a combustible mix, but there's ample room to loosen credit without returning to the practices that caused the crisis.

The first full week of the Trump administration includes a number of issues pertinent to CUs, including potential Senate votes on cabinet nominees.

Documents filed in connection with a $586 million settlement reveal how certain agents for the global money transmitter enabled extensive fraud and money laundering.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is drunk on power. Let’s return the agency’s regulatory responsibilities to the states and those agencies covering the relevant industries.

Guest host Sam Maule chats with American Banker reporter Lalita Clozel and others about the OCC fintech charter, smart home devices, virtual assistants, the security and compliance issues posed by Alexa, and more.

The Trump administration late Friday called on all executive departments and agencies to freeze regulations to allow agency heads selected by the president to review pending rules.

Native American tribal lenders that market small-dollar and installment loans can be investigated by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a California appeals court ruled Friday in a victory for the consumer agency.

Donald Trump was sworn in Friday, but banking industry executives have spent the last two months envisioning a vastly different political, economic and regulatory climate. The dominant question in coming months will be how realistic those expectations are.

Documents filed in connection with a $586 million settlement reveal how certain agents for the global money transmitter enabled extensive fraud and money laundering.

The Credit Union Development Fund from Lloyds Banking Group is similar to CRA requirements seen at large American banks.