Regulation

Two nonprofits threatened by the effort say the Department of Housing and Urban Development tried to avoid scrutiny last month when it announced the new policy outside the formal rulemaking process.

Fitch Ratings issued a negative warning for global banks after federal regulators proposed some relief from resolution plan requirements.

There is anticipation that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could release its debt collections proposal later this week.

Proposals to modernize the Community Reinvestment Act should be geared toward making concrete improvements, not upending parts of the law that are already working.

The California company was issued a consent order after it failed to meet the conditions of a January 2018 informal agreement.

Big banks may have found a way to lower needed reserve levels; with Brexit delayed, Goldman will hold off on expansion.

As the central bank board proceeds with reforms easing the post-crisis regulatory regime, the Obama-appointed governor has not shied from opposing the agency’s course.

Changing demographics and cultural trends are making bank CEOs think beyond profitability and toward addressing what they stand for.

Community banks in the state have struggled to attract the funds to meet surging loan demand, but that could change now that a new law has made it easier for them to accept government deposits.

Concerns about job losses and political blowback still loom, but the two banks made it through a second day of public hearings hosted by the Fed relatively unscathed and with significant local support.