Europe's new data privacy rules have forced banks to get creative to protect sensitive data from in appropriate access or breaches.

The banking industry lost a key battle in the Supreme Court over the use of “disparate impact,” but legal observers see potential for the tide to turn if Judge Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency is suspending its ongoing review of new credit scoring models and will instead move forward with creating a regulatory framework for providers of alternative credit scores to apply and be evaluated for use by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

The Conference of State Bank Supervisors says state and federal regulatory coordination on third-party technology service provider exams eliminates duplication

As interest rates rise, banks need to watch how much they are paying on deposits to avoid exceeding rate caps designed to ensure liquidity.

Mastercard and Worldpay are embarking on a strong push to promote Mastercard's Pay by Bank system, which will likely face a deluge of competition under the updated Payment Services Directive (PSD2), which took effect this year.

The bank also agreed to pay a $5 million fine to settle allegations over how it obtained consumers' consent.

The federal bank regulators are considering roughly a dozen new rulemakings in response to the bill rolling back certain sections of Dodd-Frank.

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The House appropriations bill would also expedite the appeals process for CFPB examination decisions and reduce the number of times big banks must submit resolution plans to every two years.

Texas Credit Union Commissioner Harold E. Feeney plans to retire at the end of this year.

The regulatory relief law passed this spring contained a measure to stop synthetic fraud, but the provision is incomplete.

The agency’s consumer complaints database must remain available to the public to help prevent further abuses.

The bank had numerous warnings that there could be severe regulatory consequences related to deceptively advertised add-on products. It is paying the price for failing to do more in response.

The House appropriations bill would also expedite the appeals process for CFPB examination decisions and reduce the number of times big banks must submit resolution plans to every two years.

The nominee to run the consumer bureau endured tough questioning over the administration’s family-separation policy but appeared to weather the barrage.

India's regulatory approach shows it's serious about supporting myriad international payment technology plays, in contrast to China's doing the bare minimum to satisfy international pressure for openness.

The bureau determined that Triton Management Group had unfairly charged Mississippi consumers excess interest in violation of state law.

Debates on the issue often focus on how lending decisions affect certain demographic groups, but those analyses tend to ignore an important factor: default rates.

Paul Watkins served as chief counsel for the Arizona AG's 150-person civil litigation division and also headed up the office's fintech initiatives.