Regulation

The Democrat, who will likely head the Financial Services Committee, has signaled she'll make expanded housing opportunities for lower-income consumers a top priority.

Hearings of interest to credit unions have been postponed as the government prepares to close for a day of mourning following the death of President George H.W. Bush.

The National Credit Union Administration and other federal regulators said in a joint statement that they will take an institution's level of innovation into account in supervising its anti-money-laundering procedures.

The agency's semiannual report on risks in the industry focused heavily on the high volume of commercial loans as well as banks' exposure to nonfinancial corporate debt, which is near a record share of GDP.

The federal regulators said in a joint statement that they will take a bank's level of innovation into account in supervising its anti-money-laundering procedures.

The financial industry is not expecting movement on a lot of legislation given a divided Congress, but one measure is beginning to attract widespread attention.

Regulators are considering reforms to the Community Reinvestment Act, but it’s not clear that the law is needed anymore.

The financial industry is not expecting movement on a lot of legislation given a divided Congress, but one measure is beginning to attract widespread attention.

To convince skeptical bankers about the benefits of distributed ledger technology, some suggest it needs to be separated from the volatile digital currency it underlies.

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