In correspondence with Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., the Federal Reserve and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said the Securities and Exchange Commission's proposed safeguarding rule could change banks' custody businesses.

A clash over pay playing out in contract negotiations between the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and its employee union occur as the Supreme Court is considering whether the agency must get its funding from Congress.

The FHFA's Home Loan bank report is that rare thing you never see in the nation's capital anymore — a balanced plan on a complex issue that could have lasting impact on a difficult problem.

Top House Financial Services Committee Republicans questioned the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s stance on innovation, and said they were worried about the impact that would have on the bank examination process.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell suggested that a rate cut is coming, but cast doubt about whether the central bank would see enough data suggesting inflation is sufficiently tamed for interest rates to come down at their next meeting.

The risk of harm to users' financial health is much greater with direct-to-consumer advances than it is from earned wage access programs.

Who controls the administrative agenda is the most important outcome of the election for banks. But the road to controlling that agenda runs through the Senate, where the political dynamics are considerably different than at the top of the ticket.

The Center for Responsible Lending calls for states to continue to police high-cost lenders rather than facilitating their growth.

After a 2023 that witnessed several significant bank failures, here's how bank regulators should be thinking about the danger of bank runs, and structuring their supervision, going forward.

Lawmakers criticized the Biden administration's Risk Rating 2.0 effort — which was meant to reduce insurance premiums by developing more refined models — as ineffective, arguing that the program has increased rate premiums in vulnerable areas.