Politics

"Too big to fail" banking giants like to masquerade as community banks when it suits their purposes, but they will never be able to replace real, local bankers with deep ties to their customers.

In a string of speeches last week, the top federal banking regulators outlined goals and framed their thinking about artificial intelligence in financial services, but the biggest questions around liability and widespread adoption remain unanswered.

The National Credit Union Administration lacks the authority to regulate third-party vendors that supply vital services to the industry. This creates a major risk to credit union customers and the broader U.S. economy.

The president-elect had billed his hardline stance on the border and promised deportations as a solution to tight housing markets. Experts say those policies, at least in terms of housing, could do more harm than good.

California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation Clothilde "Cloey" Hewlett will step down Dec. 30.

Reps. Andy Barr, R-Ky., and French Hill, R-Ark., leading Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee, pushed back against Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chair Martin Gruenberg's characterization of the Synapse collapse in his July brokered deposits proposal.

Hedge fund manager Scott Bessent had been the betting favorite to take the reins at Treasury. Scott Turner, a former congressman and NFL player, will lead the housing agency.

In its latest financial stability report, the Federal Reserve warned high equity valuations and low levels of liquidity could leave the financial system vulnerable to shocks.

A punitive tax on payments sent overseas to the families of immigrants would have a cascading set of consequences — all of them bad.

Existing efforts to reform the Federal Home Loan Bank System may look dead on arrival in a Trump administration, but the proposed Department of Government Efficiency may not be able to resist such low-hanging fruit.