The biggest bank M&A agreement of the year might not have happened if the buyer, Sterling Financial, had refused to prove to Astoria Financial that it had thoroughly vetted the deal with regulators.

The Greenwood, Village, Colo.-based credit union was sued by Denver Metro Fair Housing Center over alleged discrimination against women on maternity leave.

The Conference of State Bank Supervisors is suing the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, arguing it lacks the legal power to create a fintech charter.

The Conference of State Bank Supervisors is suing the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, arguing it lacks the legal power to create a fintech charter.

Fintech firms, banks, state regulators and consumer protection groups all expressed significant reservations about the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's latest plan on its fintech charter initiative.

The $1.8 billion-asset institution converted to a federal charter out of a desire to broaden its member base and make member business loans.

Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey are seeking information about KPMG to determine if it lived up to its professional obligations when it decided not to disclose fake accounts at Wells Fargo.

Congressional action is necessary to give financial regulators the tools they need to promote responsible innovation.

Oregon-based CU increased its loan portfolio by $17.5 million.

Kosta Peric, deputy director of digital payments and financial services for the poor at the Gates Foundation, discusses his efforts to expand access to low-cost financial services in developing countries.

Wells Fargo has “adequately remediated the remaining deficiencies" in the living wills it had originally filed in 2015, regulators said on Monday.

The fight over a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule adding new restrictions to prepaid cards is intensifying as some Republicans hope to overturn it before a looming deadline expires.

President Trump's executive orders question Obama-era financial crisis prevention system.

The president’s targeting of the FDIC’s orderly liquidation authority may ultimately heighten concerns about “too big to fail.” Here's why.

As marijuana legalization spreads throughout the U.S. and the world, companies in the cannabis market must navigate a delicate tangle of new and old regulations. And many payment providers are unwilling to risk working with dispensaries, leading to some inventive workarounds.

Readers sound off an attempt to block prepaid regulations, threats to consumer privacy, FSOC’s political bent, the proper use for SARs, and more.

The Wisconsin regional's profits rose 35% in the first quarter on healthy loan growth, wider margins and an improved efficiency ratio, and it said its "satisfactory" CRA rating had been restored.

The regulator cited "operational weaknesses" as the reason for conservatorship.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said fixes to orderly liquidation authority and the Volcker Rule would be included in regulatory recommendations to the president due this summer.

The regulator also provided updates on investment performance, expenses, CAMEL codes and more.