Politics and policy
Main Street companies, particularly those owned by women and minorities, depend on the flexibility of community and regional banks for their survival.
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A former employee at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sent data on 256,000 consumers and dozens of companies to their personal email account.
April 20 -
The Home Loan Bank System says it is working precisely as Congress intended it to, by lending to banks in stress. Critics say borrowings can spread undercapitalized banks' problems into the broader financial system.
April 17
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A former Citigroup CEO argues that effective federal guarantees on all bank deposits should be formalized, severing the connection between deposit-taking and lending.
April 13 -
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director Rohit Chopra said the systemically important financial institution designation should be considered for platforms such as PayPal, Venmo and Cash App.
April 12 -
Carrie Tolstedt, the former Wells Fargo executive facing criminal charges for the phony accounts scandal, entered a "not guilty" plea at an arraignment hearing Friday afternoon.
April 8 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a broad policy statement on what constitutes an "abusive" act or practice. Industry has long sought to narrow the definition.
April 3 -
The regulation — mandated more than a decade ago to combat discrimination — will make lenders provide data on approvals and denials of small-business loan applications, the cost of credit and demographics of borrowers.
March 30 -
The Federal Reserve and Treasury Department fined the San Francisco-based bank for allegedly helping a foreign bank skirt sanctions on more than half a billion in transactions between 2010 and 2015.
March 30 -
The use of the Federal Reserve's emergency lending facilities was largely unchanged this week, indicating to some that the recent liquidity crisis isn't getting any worse.
March 24
