Consumer lending

House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters and over a hundred other lawmakers want the agency to go forward with a mandatory underwriting requirement for payday loans.

The FDIC and the OCC relax the rule restricting proprietary trading; home buyers with bad credit, lots of debt, or employment issues are again getting loans.

The most recent Credit Union Trends Report from CUNA Mutual Group is “indicative that both the credit cycle and the U.S. business cycle are moving into their last stage before the next economic slowdown,” according to one economist.

Proponents of a plan to get the Postal Service more involved in banking say it would restore profitability. Actually it would lose more money.

Proponents of a plan to get the Postal Service more involved in banking say it would restore profitability. Actually it would lose more money.

Regulatory efforts to protect consumers from harassment and robocalling are forcing big changes. Attorney Quyen Truong at Stroock & Stroock explains.

Alternatives Federal Credit Union is making loans to pay for gender-reassignment surgery, but the initiative has bothered some members.

Robert G. Cameron, a former official at the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, will succeed Seth Frotman as the bureau's point person on student lending complaints.

Deutsche Bank overhaul plan will put taxpayers and the financial system at risk; the San Antonio company names three women to key technology positions; issuers like Chase and Citi need to think beyond traditional card options; and more from this week's most-read stories.

Issuers like Chase and Citi that added installment features to compete with digital lenders will need to think beyond traditional card options.