Regulation and compliance
The CFPB's recent guidance on so-called "unfair" bank fees has created legal turmoil for banks and financial firms after the White House claimed the bureau's actions were settled law.
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Scams and fraud on real-time payment platforms are well documented. To solve the problem regulators, lawmakers and the public must acknowledge the inherent risks that come with a powerful new technology and develop rules to make it safer.
November 8 -
Open data could be a game changer for small and medium-sized businesses. We need a regulatory structure that recognizes this.
November 4
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The Minneapolis bank disclosed the investigation four months after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau reached a settlement with Bank of America over the distribution of unemployment insurance benefits on prepaid debit cards.
November 2 -
FDIC data shows an uptick in the number of Americans with access to basic banking services. That momentum has to continue.
November 2 -
The rule, which is not due out until 2024, will promote competition among financial institutions and data aggregators, Consumer Financial Protection Director Rohit Chopra said at a fintech conference.
October 26 -
If stablecoins facilitate payments in the future it could have broad implications, acting Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Martin Gruenberg said.
October 20 -
Any limitations on the distribution of pandemic relief and other payments are the result of instructions from the IRS, or the Federal Reserve's failure to operate a 24/7 payments system — and not shortcomings of the automated clearing house network, writes the head of Nacha.
October 20 -
The bank regulators said they are open to all possibilities as they sought input on potential changes to resolution policies for large regional banks, but that hasn't stopped policy specialists from reading between the lines.
October 18 -
The regulators laid out several measures that would change how large but not global systemically important banks capitalize and structure themselves.
October 14
