Risk

Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan Gould said Thursday that a proposal to reimagine bank supervisory practices is meant to empower rather than handcuff supervisors by limiting the scope of their examinations.

As the emerging form of artificial intelligence impacts payments, pace of payment disputes and the workload will change.

The urgency for financial institutions to develop new systems to detect and prevent sophisticated fraud schemes is growing.

A proposal to reduce the enhanced supplementary leverage ratio, implemented in the wake of the global financial crisis, risks bringing back the same sort of risky behavior that cratered markets in 2008.

After more than a quarter-century as a regulator, Jason Sisack had planned to enjoy some time off before taking a new job. He reversed course once Carver, which is operating under an enforcement action, approached him.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has seen a rapid drop in the effectiveness of its cybersecurity program, according to a new report from the Fed's Office of Inspector General.

In a new survey, 28.4% of community banks said that regulation represented an "extremely important" risk, down from 44.1% last year.

Jennifer Taylor at Citibank and Jodi Richard at U.S. Bank are driving a rethinking of how to tackle the risks banks face using technology.

Signs of elevated stress are emerging within the $1.7 trillion private credit market as default rates are rising and more borrowers are choosing to defer cash interest payments, according to a Bank of America Corp. report.

Tricolor Holdings had been showing some cracks leading up to its bankruptcy filing Wednesday. Fifth Third, which had funded the company, said that the problem is a "one-off."

Amy Wierenga is taking on the role at a time when the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress are rolling back certain bank rules. She sees opportunities ahead.

Here's what industry experts have to say about a risk that a housing regulator has spotlighted through referrals that have led to high-level allegations.

The tests modeled how Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would fare after absorbing losses like a total $36.1 billion provision in credit losses in a severe downturn.

The payment giants have added emerging forms of artificial intelligence to identify cybercrime, fraud and scams, countering crooks who are also embracing the innovation.

Regulators should be paying more attention to the ballooning galaxy of nonbank financial institutions currently operating in global markets. The risks they pose to the financial system are not well understood.

We could be on the cusp of serious economic instability. Smart bankers should take the time to do a deep dive into the risk profile of their customers, and identify potential trouble spots.

The Federal Reserve and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency terminated enforcement orders against Industry Bancshares and its subsidiaries. The banks were considered prime examples of interest rate risk management gone awry.

As we enter one of the banking industry's most extreme cycles of deregulation, we should remember it doesn't always work, especially when supervisory police are reduced and consumer protection guardrails are removed, resulting in a high-speed lane for risk-taking banks and nonbanks.

The voluminous resolution plans banks are required to submit to regulators are often set aside in the case of actual bank failures. There are far more efficient ways to ensure orderly bank resolutions.