Regulation and compliance
Regulation
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Banks are scouring consumer complaints, bank accounts and loan denials to identify people and companies who they may have cut off from banking services amid a new push by the Trump administration to address allegations of political bias in debanking.
October 2 -
As the government shutdown stalls key housing programs, lenders are shifting tactics to keep loans moving and preparing for bigger challenges ahead.
October 2 -
Department officials pushed back on criticism that a banner on its homepage violated a statute meant to curb partisanship in government operations.
October 1 -
In a break from a 20-year history marked by losses and scandal, California International Bank in Westminster is on pace for its biggest-ever profit, its CEO says.
October 1 -
The shutdown started with a flight into treasury bonds, putting downward pressure on financing costs, but several other developments slowed mortgage activity.
October 1 -
Hill, who has been serving as acting chair since January, has steered the agency toward deregulation and away from Biden-era priorities, with strong backing from big banks.
October 1 -
Michelle Bowman, the Federal Reserve's vice chair for supervision, is focused on reforming the central bank's oversight apparatus.
October 1 -
A new financial architecture is forming underneath the world's largest pools of capital. The winners will be those who recognize that standards built now will define economic value transfer for a generation.
October 1 -
In a unanimous vote, the Board of Governors moved to lower Morgan Stanley's stress capital buffer requirement to 4.3%, down from a preliminary 5.1% based on this year's stress test results.
September 30 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's union is appealing an appellate panel's ruling that allows acting CFPB Director Russell Vought to fire 90% of the bureau's staff.
September 30 -
Legal experts say the outcome of Slaughter v. Trump, which considers Trump's termination of a Federal Trade Commission member, could have profound implications for Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook's litigation, which in turn could determine the future autonomy of the central bank.
September 30 -
The credit card giant is facing both a class-action case and a related state-AG lawsuit over the low rates it paid to savers. Can the settlement of one suit ease the pain of the other?
September 30 -
Adrienne Harris, head of the New York Department of Financial Services, will step down after four years in the job. She will be replaced by Kaitlin Asrow as acting superintendent beginning on Oct. 18.
September 29 -
Washington Federal Bank and Planet Home Lending are both off the hook for the remainder of their consent orders, which the bureau quietly terminated.
September 29 -
A bipartisan bill offered Monday by Senate Banking Committee member Katie Britt, R-Ala., and Andy Kim, D-N.J., would force the Securities and Exchange Commission to update a 25-year-old threshold that holds small financial firms to higher regulatory standards.
September 29 -
The Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network is seeking public comment on a survey of anti-money-laundering compliance costs from a variety of nonbanks, including casinos, insurers, lenders and other nonbanks, a possible precursor to deregulatory proposals down the road.
September 29 -
Senate Banking Committee ranking member Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., led a group of congressional Democrats in a letter to bank regulators telling them that loosening capital rules wouldn't improve the Treasury market's functioning.
September 29 -
Personal income, which rose $95.7B in August, was overtaken by consumer spending, which jumped $129.2B, pushing the saving rate to 4.6% amid steady inflation and higher wages.
September 26 -
Federal Reserve Governor Michael Barr warned that subjecting the stress testing models to the notice and comment process could lead them to "ossify."
September 25 -
By encoding and decentralizing on-chain identity management, soulbound tokens enable institutions to streamline compliance while introducing a base for new services.
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