Politics and policy
Politics and policy
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., a powerful member of the Senate Banking Committee's progressive wing, said that the Federal Home Loan banks have "failed to deliver on their housing and community development mission."
June 7 -
Comerica Bank has agreed to a proposed settlement of fraud claims after denying refunds to Direct Express beneficiaries who alleged money was stolen from their prepaid accounts. In the past month, beneficiaries have been sent postcards announcing the settlement.
June 7 -
Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu Thursday said AI providers and end-users — including banks — should share responsibility for errors that derive from artificial intelligence models.
June 6 -
A Minnesota trade group and its co-plaintiff, Lake Central Bank, signaled that they plan to appeal a district court's dismissal of their lawsuit against the FDIC. The case involves the agency's guidance on nonsufficient funds fees.
June 6 -
Rather than fueling uncertainty, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should be devising strategies that facilitate clearer policies that bring more certainty to lending markets.
June 6 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a final rule pursuant to its broader open banking proposal Wednesday that would require standard-setting bodies to include public interest consumer groups and others to receive bureau recognition.
June 5 -
As the private credit market swells, federal regulators and lawmakers continue to debate how and whether to apply oversight and heightened scrutiny to the market. But whether anything happens depends on whether President Biden wins a second term.
June 4 -
A recent white paper from former Federal Reserve Gov. Daniel Tarullo suggests that the stress testing regime should be decoupled from bank capital requirements. But if stress testing isn't an effective means of assigning minimum regulatory capital levels, what is?
June 4 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Monday completed its rule establishing a nationwide database for a wide swath of financial companies — including payments companies, debt collectors, auto lenders — that have faced regulatory or legal penalties for consumer-related infractions.
June 3 -
A bill to draw crypto's jurisdictional lines between the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is pitting increasingly crypto-friendly Democrats against consumer protection hawks in the Senate.
June 3