The Federal Reserve permanently banned a former Goldman Sachs Group managing director from the financial industry for improperly using and disclosing the regulator’s bank-supervision information.

It’s past time for Congress to investigate these transactions at the federal level.

The Cincinnati bank is joining other large and regional banks in scrapping nonsufficients-fund fees. The move comes amid continued regulatory pressure on the industry to curtail overdraft fees and related charges.

The guidance follows similar instructions laid out by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency late last year.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen laid out her approach to crypto regulation, including banks' and other traditional financial firms’ exposures to the crypto market, in a speech at American University.

A group of state attorneys general is asking JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and U.S. Bancorp to scrap the controversial charges entirely, as competitors like Citigroup and Capital One have done. The four banks targeted have all announced significant changes that will likely reduce their overdraft revenue.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said in a report that by driving customers to roll over their loans repeatedly, rather than availing themselves of a cheaper option, the payday industry may be deceiving borrowers.

The legislation would grant stablecoin issuers a high degree of flexibility, allowing firms to be regulated state by state, as a bank, or as a “limited national limited payment stablecoin issuer” supervised by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

The executive order on cryptocurrencies leaves many important questions unaddressed.

For anyone who wants a phony pay stub or doctored tax return, an easy source is just a click away.

The Federal Reserve Board barred the former Merrill Lynch and Regions Bank employees from the banking industry for life after securing relief loans and grants under false pretenses. The move comes amid a broader crackdown on stimulus fraud.

Martin Grant, who serve as the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's chief compliance and ethics officer for more than 15 years, has joined JST Capital, a financial services firm for digital assets.

Mutual institutions, long pillars of underserved communities, now face insurmountable barriers to entry.

JPMorgan Chase will have to face claims that it made 160 unwanted calls to a cardholder in violation of federal law, a federal judge in Pennsylvania said.

The agency is conducting its first price review for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac products since 2015 to make sure they are generating viable returns. The acting director said that is just one of many questions that must be answered before the enterprises can be privatized.

Questionnaires sent to banks in recent months seek information about loans to same-sex couples, women on maternity leave and people with limited English proficiency. Industry executives and attorneys say the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau may be offering hints about specific types of fair-lending cases it could pursue.

The National Credit Union Administration’s effort to require succession planning has raised questions about whether the agency is micromanaging smaller institutions that may not be able to absorb the added cost of compliance.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau heard from proponents and critics of buy now/pay later lending amid its probe of five of the most prominent companies in the space.

Esther George, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, says changes in the office sector and monetary policy pose potential risks to property owners and their lenders.

The nomination of Lisa Cook, an economics professor who is one of President Biden's choices for the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors, advanced Tuesday on a party-line procedural vote in the Senate.