The SEC had sued the cryptocurrency exchange for allegedly operating as an unregistered securities exchange, broker, dealer and clearing agency. The case was dropped with prejudice.

The acting chairman of the agency had laid out an ambitious agenda for revamping regulations and encouraging innovation, but there are dangers in trying to do too much, too soon.

A new Office of External Relations and Strategic Partnerships will continue the work of helping banks develop affordable credit for consumers lacking a credit score using untraditional methods of determining creditworthiness, the agency's acting head said.

The Senate Banking Committee considered the nomination of Paul Atkins to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission, whose track record on deregulation in the lead up to the 2008 financial crisis was questioned by Democratic lawmakers. Lawmakers also considered the nomination of Jonathan Gould to lead the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and Luke Pettit for a key bank regulatory role at Treasury.

The veto aligns with President Trump's executive order on AI, which focuses on innovation and leadership rather than consumer protection.

The Senate voted 52-48 to overturn the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's rule that would cap overdraft fees at many banks at $5.

After eight years of delay, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could still make last-minute changes to the payday rule, which sweeps in the buy now/pay later industry.

The Senate Banking Committee will consider the nominations of Jonathan Gould to lead to Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Paul Atkins to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission and Luke Pettit as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Thursday morning.

In a paper, former central bank researchers make the case that the Federal Reserve could better support the Treasury market from disruptions in the cash-futures basis trade by hedging its asset purchases.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau asked a federal judge to vacate and set aside a settlement against a Chicago mortgage lender, accusing the CFPB of misconduct in a case brought under former Director Kathy Kraninger, a Trump appointee.

The event Wednesday marked the first time Teng has spoken in the U.S. capital since becoming CEO.

The Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency took a measured approach to developing the international capital standards, according to a Government Accountability Office report.

The Treasury will phase out the use of paper checks for most government payments in about six months. The Trump administration says the move will improve efficiency and reduce the cost of payment processing.

Republican leaders say they are closer to a plan to extend the 2017 tax cuts and increase the debt ceiling.

Current leverage-based capital requirements are outdated, counterproductive and urgently need reform to better serve U.S. taxpayers, capital markets, consumers, businesses and the economy.

The banking industry's march to ISO 20022 compliance by a November deadline has been sluggish, but the messaging organization isn't budging.

The law would have expanded the state's 12% interest rate cap in a manner that would have effectively banned fintech lending in the state.

The two financial institutions issued Avit tokens on the Ethereum mainnet, marking a first in the U.S.

The Mississippi lender said regulators have signed off sooner than expected on its $103.6 million acquisition of First Chatham Bank. The bank's CEO and deal advisers said the speedy approval bodes well for future M&A.

A proposal before Congress would incentivize the creation of new banks by offering capital relief. This would give de novo banks a competitive advantage over incumbent community banks.