Bank regulators are pushing large regional banks to have more definitive resolvability plans as part of their merger review, but some observers say those requirements are effectively new capital requirements by other means.

The agency’s mission is popular with the public, which has a long memory when it comes to the past misdeeds of the banking industry.

Securities regulators in Texas and Alabama are expanding their investigations into Voyager Digital and Celsius Network to account for new information arising from the implosions of the two crypto-lending firms. 

After the Supreme Court struck down an Environmental Protection Agency rule, legal observers are wondering how far the justices will go to rein in the authority of financial regulators. A Securities and Exchange Commission proposal on climate risk disclosures could become a test case.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., which protects customers in the event of certain types of bank failures, is looking into how the bankrupt digital-asset firm Voyager Digital marketed itself to customers, a spokesperson for the agency said.

The agency issued an advisory opinion warning that credit reporting bureaus and other entities using credit checks can no longer use disclaimers to bypass privacy protections.

U.S. senators led by Democrats Bob Menendez, Elizabeth Warren and Jack Reed told seven of the country’s biggest banks they must do more for consumers defrauded by scammers on Zelle, the person-to-person payments network the firms jointly own.

Citigroup’s planned sale of its Banamex unit should go to Mexican investors and avoid mass firings, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said, adding new restrictions that may undermine some of the bids. 

Michael Barr, awaiting confirmation as the Federal Reserve’s top regulator, wants to holistically rethink the central bank’s capital requirements. Karen Petrou, managing partner of Federal Financial Analytics, has some ideas on how to do that.

The Department of Justice is prosecuting ex-JPMorgan Chase bankers under federal racketeering law, a move public interest advocates hope could lead to more accountability for financial firms.

When Walden Mutual opens this year, it will end a decades-long dry spell for de novos owned and governed by depositors.

A return of the Supervision Appeals Review Committee is a step backward for banks looking for an unbiased venue to challenge adverse regulatory rulings.

Michael Hsu has been acting comptroller for about 14 months. Since President Biden’s choice to lead the agency withdrew from consideration late last year, the White House has not floated any new names for his potential successor.

Europe’s landmark test of banks’ resilience to global warming was far softer than many lenders had expected, according to people familiar with the matter.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ended special regulatory treatment of the financial services company’s earned wage access products. Payactiv says it requested the action after a disagreement with the agency.

An alert released Tuesday asks banks to give special attention to specific “commodities of concern” as they monitor transactions.

The U.S. retail arm of Bank of Montreal plans to reduce the charge from $36 to $15, following the approach taken by M&T Bank and Huntington Bancshares.

Agencies supervising lenders should make it clear that the transition to less discriminatory algorithms won’t be used to punish banks for their previous use of older, less effective systems.

The retail industry, which wants the Federal Reserve to lower a decade-old price cap, has been complaining that higher prices for consumers mean heftier interchange fees. But banks are pointing out that the $10 billion-asset threshold below which financial institutions are exempt from the cap hasn’t been adjusted for inflation.

An accounting bulletin from the markets regulator is making it harder for bank regulators to give banks clarity in how they can provide crypto custody services.