The SEC's pending requirement that securities trades settle within one day shouldn't be a problem for any modern financial firm. What we should be aiming for is real-time settlement.

Executives from JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo are expected to get grilled in Congress this summer over victims of Zelle scams who don't get reimbursed. A Senate panel has spent much of the last year examining fraud on the bank-owned payments network.

FDIC chair Martin Gruenberg's departure from the agency may have political implications as the White House and Senate scramble to name a successor, but experts agree that the move will likely result in a weaker Basel rule and stronger role for the Federal Reserve in joint rulemakings.

Santander joins Iberpay as the first supporters of the European Payment Council's instant account-to-account network, Australian lawmakers approved bills to create a federated digital identity system, and more.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a new interpretive rule designating buy now/pay later lenders as credit card providers, subjecting those services to consumer protections like the right to dispute charges and receive refunds.

The bill spells out how the Securities and Exchange Commission can and can't address crypto custody at banks and is getting a wave of bipartisan traction on Capitol Hill. But some academics and consumer advocates are concerned that the legislation could allow banks to bypass regulations.

Getting appointees confirmed by the Senate can be a time-consuming and painstaking process in ideal circumstances, and doing it in an election year amid a scandal is far from ideal. Even so, the White House and Senate Democrats should be motivated to move fast.

Banking experts said that none of the currently circulating stablecoin proposals adequately address concerns about the overlap between banking and commerce and how a stablecoin issuer would go through insolvency.

Federal Reserve Vice Chair Michael Barr Monday spoke at length about efforts to enhance banks' liquidity and long-term debt positions after last year's bank failures while saying little about the capital hikes in the embattled interagency Basel III endgame proposal.

Originators misled VA refinance applicants into believing they could skip two months of mortgage payments, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation said.

Regulation and other factors are creating friction for banks and consumers that want to transact in crypto.

Earlier in the day, Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, called on the White House to name a successor for Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Martin Gruenberg.

The payday loan industry is looking to extend its years-long legal fight with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. It's planning to ask a federal appeals court to revisit a ruling that upheld a proposed limit on how often payday lenders can try to pull money from their customers' accounts.

Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, said Friday that the agency will be moving forward with rules and enforcement actions after the defeat of a Supreme Court challenge to the agency's constitutionality.

The House Financial Services Committee passed eleven bills, including a Democratic-sponsored bill on homeless veteran housing and a Republican-led package on bank regulation.

Even the conservative Supreme Court could see through the baseless arguments put forward by opponents of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, assuring that the agency will continue to fight to protect American consumers.

In this week's edition of the American Banker news quiz, gauge your understanding of topics like cybersecurity testing, the impact of high interest rates on community banks, FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg and more.

Executives at the Canadian bank, which recently took a major provision for potential fines, say they're working to shore up anti-money laundering controls. At the same time, they're preparing employees and investors for an expensive slog as they work to satisfy U.S. officials.