Regulatory reform

The regulatory relief legislation rolls back several stress test requirements for regional and midsize banks, putting more onus on financial institutions and their regulators to ensure banks are managing their risk appropriately.

The Massachusetts senator and architect of the CFPB offered a sharp contrast to the administration's deregulatory agenda and sent strong signals of a presidential run.

The appointment of the former top lawyer at Fifth Third Bank rounds out the Trump administration’s picks to run the federal prudential banking agencies.

The legislation lets banks hold a certain amount of reciprocal deposits without having to classify them as brokered deposits.

To improve bank oversight, policymakers should eliminate overly complex rules in favor of principles-based regulation.

Further legislative reform will face resistance, but it could still happen.

A change in House leadership in midterms would slow down regulatory relief initiatives and put more heat on Trump-appointed regulators.

The plan, which the Federal Reserve Board approved Wednesday, would tailor compliance programs for banks based on their trading volume and revise definitions to help banks determine which trades are banned.

A change in House leadership in midterms would slow down regulatory relief initiatives and put more heat on Trump-appointed regulators.

Compliance changes proposed by the Fed would likely please banks, but reactions to the plan from past and current policymakers have been wildly different.

The proposal to ease compliance with the Volcker Rule was portrayed as a rollback of the Dodd-Frank ban on proprietary trading. But it wasn't — here's why.

Proposal to revamp 2013 rule appears to home in on larger banks with higher trading volume and ease the requirements for others.

Despite Tuesday's blip, many banks have seen double-digit gains in the months since the Dodd-Frank reform law was unveiled. There's good reason to think the run-up will continue.

Industry consolidation can help boost bank profitability in the short run, but it’s no panacea for the industry’s bigger problems.

Volcker 2.0 could bring significant relief for the industry, but will likely fall short of what many had hoped.

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Lenders would have a lighter data-reporting burden, but they may end up deciding to collect the data anyway.

As the Fed continues to hone post-crisis tools, its chairman said central banks cannot take their independence for granted.

After several years of financial policy defeats, banks finally basked in a legislative victory: the first real package of regulatory relief since the crisis. But the long-term effects of that victory are still to be determined. Here is what it all means.

President plans to ease regulatory burden on the largest banks; online merchants say a Visa-Mastercard button blocks cheaper payment methods.