Regulation

The settlement resolves a bitter, pre-crisis court fight in which Hank Greenberg squared off against three successive New York attorneys general over 11 years.

Instead of focusing on wanting deregulation, the industry should be driving home the credit union difference as the reason why CUs are worthy of special treatment.

While lenders support the intent of a proposal to encourage the growth of private flood insurance, they claim a regulatory proposal doesn’t give lenders enough flexibility and remains too complicated.

Federal Reserve Board Gov. Daniel Tarullo will step down in April in a move that has profound implications for the central bank's oversight of banks.

China's role in the in bitcoin market has increased in recent years as its citizens are among the virtual currency's leading traders and miners.

While this will hold fintech to similar regulatory standards as traditional FIs, credit unions are especially vulnerable to these potential disruptors.

What if your credit union could serve every man, woman and child in the U.S.? Turns out a select few already can.

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Purported revisions to House Republicans' Dodd-Frank rollback bill raised immediate questions about the GOP's strategy, since the provisions — which were more extreme than when the bill was unveiled last year — promptly sparked Democratic opposition.

A House plan to provide regulatory relief will be more far-reaching when it is reintroduced soon by rendering the consumer protection agency toothless and providing banks with extra incentives to opt into a deregulatory plan.