Regulation and compliance
Regulation
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the implosion of Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX crypto empire reinforced her view that the market for digital assets required "very careful regulation."
November 14 -
Inconsistent rules for calculating bank capital threaten to cut off small banks from a key source of liquidity.
November 14 -
The Federal Reserve notched two badly needed wins last week, as inflation showed signs of easing and the financial system withstood the collapse of one of the world's biggest crypto firms. Here's what that means for the central bank moving forward.
November 14 -
Choices of which homes are used for comparisons play a major role in disparate home valuations for Black and white homeowners, according to studies recently released by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition and academic researchers.
November 11 -
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called October's positive inflation report in the U.S. "a good reading," but cautioned against relying too much on one data point.
November 11 -
The crisis sparked by the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX crypto empire ensnared BlockFi, a troubled digital-asset lender once worth $3 billion but which has now limited activity on its platform.
November 11 -
Wall Street is walking into a new era of risk that has bankers, lawyers and climate campaigners reaching for a different playbook.
November 11 -
Sam Bankman-Fried's digital-asset empire filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware, capping a rapid downfall for the 30-year-old entrepreneur and onetime crypto king.
November 11 -
Bank regulators are considering a measure that would rewrite the rules implementing the Community Reinvestment Act. They should consider taking their existing rules seriously.
November 11 -
While banks appear to be well capitalized, the Fed outlined several areas of potential weakness in its biannual supervision and regulation report.
November 10 -
Former Goldman Sachs Group banker Asante Berko was arrested on charges that he orchestrated bribes to Ghanaian officials while employed at the investment bank.
November 10 -
The Federal Reserve appeared closer to moderating aggressive interest rate increases after welcome news on inflation, with three officials backing a downshift even as they stressed that policy needs to stay tight.
November 10 -
A Consumer Financial Protection Bureau report on complaints about cryptocurrencies said consumers have difficulty obtaining any restitution for lost crypto funds.
November 10 -
The Justice Department is looking into the turmoil surrounding Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX.com and the liquidity crisis that has pushed the firm to the brink, according to a person familiar with the matter.
November 10 -
U.S. financial regulators proposed several steps to improve the functioning of the Treasuries market after it broke down early in the pandemic.
November 10 -
The $186 million deal, announced in November 2021, was originally expected to close in the first half of this year. "The environment for M&A is just more challenging," an OceanFirst executive says.
November 9 -
The CFPB's recent guidance on so-called "unfair" bank fees has created legal turmoil for banks and financial firms after the White House claimed the bureau's actions were settled law.
November 9 -
Changpeng "CZ" Zhao walked away from his bailout for Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX.com almost as quickly as he offered a rescue.
November 9 -
F.N.B. Corp. in Pittsburgh is cutting a pair of overdraft-related fees by between $2 and $8 — relatively modest changes compared with those enacted by some larger banks. At the same time, it's taking various steps to make it easier for customers to avoid the controversial charges.
November 9 -
Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt plans to cut a surcharge on U.K. bank profits, effectively shielding them from the bulk of an increase in the country's corporate tax rate as the government tries to preserve the competitiveness of Britain's finance industry.
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