The Treasury secretary is being touted to lead the central bank after President Donald Trump said he would name Jerome Powell's successor "very soon." Powell's term as Fed chair ends in May 2026.

The government measure of inflation for May ticked up modestly, adding to the signals that the Federal Reserve is unlikely to move on interest rates when it meets next month.

The HUMPS Act, pending in Congress, would take necessary steps to begin putting some guardrails around regulators' assessment of the quality of banks' "management."

The Trump administration's plan to fire 90% of the staff at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has raised constitutional questions about whether courts can decide whether a president is taking "care that the Laws be faithfully executed."

Shelia Bair, who chaired the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. from 2006 to 2011, said that while post-crisis reforms may have overregulated banks, the current deregulatory swing could undermine important protections and lead to another banking crisis.

Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., filed for cloture and filled the amendment tree on the stablecoin bill, effectively closing the path for the credit card legislation offered by Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Roger Marshall, R-Kan., that would address credit card swipe fees.

Cara Petersen, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's top enforcement official, said the Trump administration has "no intention to enforce the law in any meaningful way."

Michelle Bowman has officially taken the reins as the Federal Reserve's top regulatory official, giving her the ability to advance policy proposals.

A forthcoming bill from Sens. Jim Banks, R-Ind., and Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., would allow the Federal Housing Finance Agency director to set limits on executive pay at the Federal Home Loan banks.

Acting Comptroller of the Currency Rodney Hood responded to a letter from the Conference of State Bank Supervisors regarding federal preemption of state banking laws by saying that the agency's standards comply with the law, court precedent and White House policy.