Regulatory reform

With financial institutions relying more and more on cloud computing services, Washington is increasingly focused on the concentration of industry data in the big three technology giants.

The move to alter the government's preferred stock purchase agreements is the first major one under FHFA Director Mark Calabria's tenure to wind down the conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises.

The three federal banking agencies moved to raise the threshold for residential transactions that require an appraisal from $250,000 to $400,000.

The Fed’s top regulatory official said how agencies adjust their supervisory approach may prove just as important as their rulemaking efforts.

Readers sound off on climate change, the Federal Reserve's incoming real-time payments system, efforts for gender pay equity and more.

The shareholders' claims against Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's regulator mirror arguments in cases challenging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Though a draft has been circulating since this summer, eight senators on Thursday officially released a bill to require companies to disclose their true owners at incorporation.

A hearing on legislative proposals exposed a sharp partisan divide over a regulatory plan to restrict the frequency of collection calls.

Elder financial exploitation is a vast and growing problem in the U.S., and one that presents difficult policy challenges for law enforcement and banks.

Protections for industrial hemp were added to a cannabis banking bill that is expected to get a full House vote next week.