Compliance

WASHINGTON — The House is slated to vote on a host of regulatory relief bills next week when Congress returns from its spring break.

WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has filed a massive lawsuit against more than a dozen debt collectors, payment processors and related entities that the agency said failed to detect fraudulent collection tactics.

Leaders on the Senate Banking Committee are still trying to move forward on a regulatory relief deal, but negotiations will slip beyond an earlier goal to hold a vote by the middle of April.

First-quarter earnings calls will rev up in the next week. Here are some community banks that could have a lot to say about M&A, compliance and cost cutting.

The shift in market composition is fueling concerns that if defaults rise, the Federal Housing Administration would have a harder time making lenders eat the losses on poorly underwritten loans.

Merchants are making a new argument in their years-long battle with banks over swipe fees, saying Apple Pay has locked them out of additional routing options mandated by Dodd-Frank.

Merchants are making a new argument in their years-long battle with banks over swipe fees, saying Apple Pay has locked them out of additional routing options mandated by Dodd-Frank.

Industry groups are crying foul over how a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposal to regulate prepaid cards would affect overdraft services and treat virtual currencies.

Wells Fargo's quality-control procedures will play a key role in a closely watched mortgage-fraud case that could go to trial this summer. Federal prosecutors are using the bank's internal reports to allege its executives knew about deficient loans.

Bank of America must submit a new capital plan by Sept. 30, but CEO Brian Moynihan faces bigger problems as investors are likely to question him (again) on the bank's elevated expenses, disappointing stock price performance and other matters.

Atlantic Coast Financial in Jacksonville, Fla., has been released from an enforcement action that required it to improve its capital ratios.

A new forecast from NCUA says the economic outlook for 2015 is solid, but rising unemployment in oil-producing regions are making that forecast slightly less sunny than it was a few months ago.

ARLINGTON, Va. — The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) has released two statements concerning ways that financial institutions, including credit unions, can identify and mitigate cyber-attacks that compromise user credentials or use destructive software, known as malware.

Geopolitical and regulatory risks are rampant in Europe, but Visa Europe is well positioned to weather the storm.

Visa will need more time to establish itself as part of a new payment system in Russia, though MasterCard expects to meet the April 1 deadline that Russian authorities had established.

Law firms, compliance specialists, lobbyists and even startups are all trying to get a piece of the burgeoning billion-dollar industry aimed at navigating, modifying or complying with the Volcker Rule.

WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's plans for revamping payday lending set off a fierce debate Thursday over whether the agency had gone too far or not far enough, proving that this is likely to be one of the trickiest rulemakings the agency will ever attempt.

The $969 million-asset company said in a press release Thursday that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency had lifted a September 2010 consent order against First National Community Bank.

PayPal will pay a $7.7 million fine for processing payments from customers that have ties to sanctioned parties on a U.S. Government list.

American Express is planning for a protracted legal battle with the Justice Department in order to defend its ability to structure merchant contracts as it sees fit, company officials said March 25.