Policy & Regulation

In his confirmation hearing, Treasury Secretary-designate Steven Mnuchin said he wanted to work with both parties to find a “bipartisan fix” for the housing finance system.

Representatives from CUs in the U.S., Ireland, Brazil and Canada were on-hand to discuss a potential carve-out for FIs and other cooperatives.

It should surprise no one that the cybersecurity rules regulators are drafting are simplistic and written in one size to fit all.

House Republicans charge CFPB director broke federal law in effort to fire him; consulting firms total the costs and savings from technology; German chemist finds the secret behind money's aroma.

In a candid, in-depth exit interview, Ted Tozer discusses Ginnie Mae's growth during his seven years at the agency's helm, the need for comprehensive housing finance reform, big banks' retreat from mortgages, counterparty risk management and more.

Justin Newton, founder and CEO of Netki, discusses the barriers to commercialization of bitcoin, how his startup is trying to solve the problem, why private blockchains are useful and why public ones will eventually become more valuable.

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 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and two states on Wednesday sued the nation's largest student loan servicer, Navient, for allegedly systematic failures in processing loan payments and failing to enroll borrowers in less expensive repayment plans.

The Justice Department claims the bank, which has received “satisfactory” ratings in its last four CRA exams, is failing to serve minority neighborhoods around Minneapolis.

A House Republican report, charging that Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray "may have broken the law" when the agency cracked down on auto lenders, appeared to escalate the GOP's clash with the agency.