Regulatory relief

The agencies proposed changes to the way they apply a capital backstop to the largest systemically important firms, replacing a static leverage ratio with a more dynamic ratio that takes each bank’s risk profile into account.

House Speaker Paul Ryan's decision not to seek re-election is another sign of the difficulties Republicans will likely face in holding the chamber in November, heightening pressure to move a pending regulatory relief bill as soon as possible.

House Speaker Paul Ryan's decision not to seek re-election is another sign of the difficulties Republicans will likely face holding the chamber in November, heightening pressure to move a pending regulatory relief bill as soon as possible.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday asked for public input on the way it receives and processes complaints from consumers in what the agency said was a preliminary step toward making improvements.

Questions about the CFPB’s structure, high-profile enforcement actions and the acting director’s rift with Elizabeth Warren could dominate two days of hearings on Capitol Hill.

The Federal Reserve Board released a proposal Tuesday to modernize its stress testing regime by replacing many of the existing post-stress minimum capital levels with a so-called “stress capital buffer."

The acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said he is “pleasantly surprised” with most personnel but raised concerns about those who lean toward the regulatory philosophy of Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, alleges that the CFPB rule is "arbitrary, capricious, and unsupported by substantial evidence."

Credit unions will know soon how much regulatory relief they might see from Congress and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting laid out an ambitious regulatory reform agenda Monday, telling a group of community bankers that he is committed to CRA upgrades, new flexibility in BSA compliance and other measures.