Regulation

In oral arguments held before the Supreme Court Tuesday, liberal justices appeared to struggle with plaintiffs' argument that state bans on credit card surcharges violate retailers' free speech, while the bench's conservatives appeared concerned about how states apply those bans.

Jeffrey Lacker, who has served as President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond since 2004, announced Tuesday that he is retiring after 28 years of service at the bank.

Two Republican senators sent a letter to Vice President-elect Mike Pence calling for the removal of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray.

The Dodd-Frank Act is just the latest in a long string of policy out of Washington that harmed the greatest banking system devised by man.

Two influential Democratic senators' surprise objections to the OCC's fintech charter show that the initiative may be more politically fraught than the industry and agency expected.

The Federal Housing Administration said it would cut the annual premium by 25 basis points starting on Jan. 27, giving President-elect Donald Trump a limited window to delay or scrap the cut.

The persistent opposition to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — which has been fierce since day one — has been puzzling, and has been cloaked in misleading arguments about the structure of the agency.

The dominance of the sector by the Big Four accounting firms poses its own systemic-risk concerns and prompts questions about how other mega-companies are audited.

The House Financial Services Committee will see a shuffling of deck chairs among the leadership of its subcommittees in the new Congress as it also welcomes ten new Republican members.

The incoming administration has two vacancies on the Federal Reserve to fill right off the bat, but observers said that who President-elect Donald Trump chooses to fill those slots will be the deciding factor as to whether other board members serve out their terms or create additional vacancies.