Regulation

Despite a direct request by six Democratic senators that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac be allowed to rebuild capital, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin did little to clarify the administration's thinking.

The move has been called a major advocacy victory for credit unions.

By replacing human judgment with other identity technologies, higher levels of verification accuracy can be achieved in a fraction of the time, writes Romana Sachová, co-chair of the Security and Biometrics Workgroup at Mobey Forum.

Department of Defense urged to exempt credit unions from July 2015 MLA amendments.

Few lawmakers have stated positions on fintech applications for industrial loan company charters. It may not stay that way.

The changes are aimed at aligning requirements with a new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act.

Brad Conner, the incoming chairman of the Consumer Bankers Association, says the government's record as a direct student lender leaves much to be desired.

Parents of IBs are exempt from bank holding company supervision by the central bank, but that is a strength, not a weakness.

The reintroduction of a bill to "stop and study" NCUA's risk-based capital rule could reopen one of the credit union movement's biggest arguments in decades.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon predicted Tuesday that the market for bitcoin is on the verge of crashing, saying it was even worse than the infamous Dutch Tulip bubble.