Regulation

With a lighter compliance burden, small banks could shift tech spending to customer-facing innovation.

A change in House leadership in midterms would slow down regulatory relief initiatives and put more heat on Trump-appointed regulators.

The banker made $140,000 in illegal trading profits; the German bank faces Fed stress test and “living will” examination soon.

California lawmakers have voted to authorize the establishment of state-chartered banks for the limited purpose of serving the marijuana industry.

The plan, which the Federal Reserve Board approved Wednesday, would tailor compliance programs for banks based on their trading volume and revise definitions to help banks determine which trades are banned.

A change in House leadership in midterms would slow down regulatory relief initiatives and put more heat on Trump-appointed regulators.

Speaking at an industry conference Thursday, Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan left open the possibility that employees intentionally falsified important regulatory documents.

Deutsche Bank's U.S. business was put on a Federal Reserve list of problem banks and added to a group of troubled lenders monitored by the FDIC, according to a person familiar with the matter.

There’s renewed focus on the relative importance that capital and liquidity should play in regulation, but the discussion misses another measure that should rank higher in bank evaluations.

Proposal would simplify the rule prohibiting proprietary trading; Fiat Chrysler, which accounts for about a third of the unit’s business, may go solo.