Regulation and compliance
Regulation
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Seven Republican senators urged regulators on Monday to consider additional changes to the Volcker Rule's "covered funds" definition.
October 1 -
Eric Blankenstein, a political appointee overseeing fair-lending policy at the agency, said in an email to staff that his blog posts from 14 years ago that used a racial epithet “reflected poor judgment.”
October 1 -
Among the three measures is a requirement for boards of publicly traded firms to include more women.
October 1 -
Fintechs can get what they need from a traditional bank charter with the FDIC, as long as the agency is willing to play ball and step up its approach to innovation.
October 1 -
The data strategy at Citizens Bank takes "know your customer" to another level, as Chief Marketing Officer Beth Johnson explains.
October 1 -
Visa is pursuing the online criminals to prevent future fraud. Visa also works with law enforcement agencies to quantify potential losses and, where possible, assist in the threat mitigation.
October 1 -
What started as a single senior official at the CFPB voicing concerns about blog posts written 14 years ago by Eric Blankenstein, a top agency political appointee, is rapidly becoming a rising chorus of discontent.
September 30 -
A former Ocwen Financial executive is settling Securities and Exchange Commission charges that he engaged in insider trading related to his company's dealings with Altisource Portfolio Solutions following a CFPB enforcement action and its upcoming merger with PHH Corp.
September 28 -
The head of the agency’s fair-lending office cast doubt on a proposed reorganization of her office and raised concerns about blog posts written years ago by the political appointee overseeing the project.
September 28 -
Our 16th annual Most Powerful Women in Banking rankings; why Regions did away with teller jobs; small banks lagging in deposit share; and more from this week's most-read stories.
September 28 -
Republicans are calling on the central bank to relieve all banks with less than $250 billion of assets from enhanced supervision that was established after the crisis.
September 28 -
At least six Trump administration picks to fill financial posts are still pending, but the bitterly partisan divide over Judge Brett Kavanaugh has taken up most of the energy in Congress.
September 28 -
The Federal Housing Administration is mandating that lenders originating new reverse mortgages offer a second property appraisal in certain cases.
September 28 -
State regulators are planning to sue the agency over its special-purpose charter, but the charter would be an important step forward for the regulatory system.
September 28 -
The banking agencies are right to review capital requirements for banks of all sizes to ensure the rules are efficient and clear.
September 28 -
Readers parse JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon's latest public comments, debate a California small-business lending bill, weigh the impact of open banking and more.
September 27 -
Colin Walsh, Varo Money's CEO, learned a lot from his first stab at deposit insurance. Lesson one: Work with one regulator at a time.
September 27 -
The country is lagging behind others when it comes to ensure that a consumer's financial data is available to third parties, and regulators need to step up.
September 27 -
Contactless payments are a big success story in most countries around the world—including developing markets—but not in the U.S.
September 27 -
The law gives residents more — and welcome — control over their data. But it will take work for credit unions to meet the new requirements, such as possibly having to amend third-party vendor agreements.
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