When U.S. banks fell like dominoes during the Great Depression, the cause was often a classic run: Depositors withdrew cash en masse amid fears that lenders were amassing huge losses on bad loans and investments. The cryptocurrency era just put a new twist on that.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's outline for upcoming regulations reflects the efforts of Director Rohit Chopra to reduce credit card late fees and overdraft fees.

Burdensome regulations have decimated correspondent banking relationships, harming the most vulnerable in the U.S. and abroad.

U.S. authorities are ratcheting up pressure on Sam Bankman-Fried's inner circle as they scrutinize former close FTX associate Nishad Singh, according to people familiar with the matter.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is pushing back on Binance.US's plan to buy the bankrupt crypto lender Voyager Digital, a deal valued at about $1 billion, according to a bankruptcy court filing.

Former Celsius Network Chief Executive Alex Mashinsky, whose once highflying crypto lender went bankrupt last year, was sued for fraud by the New York attorney general — the latest fallout from turmoil in the industry.

The Virginia bank, which engages in banking-as-a-service partnerships with fintech companies, has run into trouble with the OCC in 2021 and 2022.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the state attorney general claim Credit Acceptance Corp., an indirect auto lender, deceived thousands of borrowers by failing to disclose and include finance charges in calculating the cost of a car loan.

Coinbase Global, the largest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange, said its U.S. unit reached a $100 million settlement with New York regulators for letting customers open accounts with insufficient background checks.

Credit cards offered by banks including Wells Fargo and Synchrony Financial intended to cover expensive health care services may be causing unnecessary financial pain for consumers, said a group of U.S. senators, who cited potentially deceptive promotions.

Rules being considered by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network would needlessly hinder banks seeking to do due diligence on their customers.

In a joint statement, the Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said issuing and holding cryptocurrencies is "likely to be inconsistent with safe and sound banking practices."

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty to criminal charges Tuesday, a move that lays the foundation for one of the most high-profile white-collar fraud trials in recent years.

Kentucky State Treasurer Allison Ball published a list of 11 financial companies, including several major Wall Street banks, that she deems to be hostile to the fossil fuel industry.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new unit will identify the root causes of recurring violations and find ways to hold companies accountable.

At the start of 2022, Biden administration officials were cautious about how to regulate the commingling of cryptocurrencies and traditional finance. By the end of the year, agencies had taken a tougher stance, and the downfall of FTX portended more of the same in 2023.

With prodding from their regulators, U.S. banks made some progress on assessing climate risk, but did not move as quickly as activists wanted. At the same time, new federal support for clean energy provided opportunities for lenders.

Every issue of the magazine provides great features, opinion pieces and more about the issues keeping industry leaders up at night. Here is a look at some of the most exemplary coverage from the past 12 months.

The FTX collapse and other recent disasters in the cryptocurrency space show that there is an urgent need for oversight. A self-regulatory body would get there fastest, while preserving the ethos of cryptocurrency.

The White House now has just one key bank regulatory post unfilled, but it didn't get to this point easily.