Before holding financial institutions accountable for new regulatory expectations, clearer guidance is needed on what constitutes appropriate risk-based decision-making versus impermissible "debanking."

Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman outlined upcoming changes to the bank regulatory capital framework in a speech Thursday, focusing on streamlining bank capital requirements through Basel III and global systemically important bank surcharge rules.

Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan Gould said one of the early messages he is hearing from banks and supervisors revolves around an uneven playing field between small banks and their core providers, but suggested formal rules to address the problem are not imminent.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chair Travis Hill said in a speech Wednesday morning that the agency will move to codify stablecoins as ineligible for deposit insurance — which is required under the GENIUS Act — and that the prohibition likely will include pass-through deposit insurance arrangements.

Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman said in a speech Wednesday morning that the central bank's ongoing consideration of changes to its emergency liquidity rules and facilities must align with a separate goal of shrinking the Fed's balance sheet.

There's a huge difference between short-term volatility and true systemic risk. The current rash of redemptions from private credit funds betrays a misunderstanding of the strengths underlying the business model.

Kraken Financial's receipt of a limited Federal Reserve master account is leading some industry observers to question whether the approval creates a new avenue for master account-seekers or whether it's a preview of the proposed "skinny" account.

In a sternly written footnote, federal Judge Steven Merryday said the SEC's refusal to release information on its penalty calculations appears to "countenance duplicity, gamesmanship, neglect, insouciance" or worse.

Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan Gould said that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency would continue to pursue its view on federal preemption of state banking policy in court and in Congress.

Civil rights groups object to a $68 million settlement between the Department of Justice and Colony Ridge Development in Texas, calling the deal a sham because it funnels $20 million into immigration enforcement and surveillance of victims.

Mortgage servicing rights are one of the most notoriously volatile assets in financial markets. The Federal Reserve's plan to loosen their capital treatment could foretell major problems in the future.

Borrowers or lenders could use the prediction markets as a hedging tool, although experts noted the lack of trading volume as cause for caution.

The digital asset company, currently partnered with firms like Morgan Stanley and One Pay, is seeking its own national trust bank charter from the OCC.

Industry stakeholders say the Federal Reserve's renewed focus on reforming the discount window — the central bank's 'lender of last resort' facility — is welcome. But replacing the system with one that works better is easier said than done.

Five major U.S. banks are engaging in costly litigation rather than reimburse fraud claims of a 72-year-old dementia patient who lost $337,000 in a romance scam. The victim's lawyer says banks are not abiding by the consumer protection process.

With an application for a U.S. bank charter, the global super app provider aims to expand its offerings and compete with established domestic challengers.

The bank exited the $1.95-trillion asset cap last year, but it had remained subject to the rest of the eight-year-old order.

Noelle Acheson points out that a wander through stablecoin history highlights an overlooked use case likely to be of interest to financial services providers.

While the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's recently published stablecoin rule bars stablecoin issuers from offering yield on holdings, there is enough wiggle room in the proposal — and unfinished business in Congress and the courts — for rewards to ultimately be accepted.