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The money trail is a prominent part of investigations dominating headlines in the Trump era, casting attention on banks that have facilitated transactions for various people in the president's orbit.

The Banking Committee had delayed a vote on Kathy Kraninger’s confirmation after the Senate announced a short summer recess.

Paul Manafort turned to Jared Kushner for help in an attempt to secure a Trump administration job for a Chicago banker at the center of Manafort’s fraud trial.

Steve Calk, the head of The Federal Savings Bank, was a "co-conspirator" in an effort to defraud the Chicago bank, a prosecutor said at the trial of former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort. Could Calk be charged with a crime?

Stephen Calk, the CEO of The Federal Savings Bank, expedited approval of a mortgage to the onetime Trump campaign chair in hopes of winning a job as Treasury secretary or housing secretary, a former bank employee testified Friday.

The Trump administration's stance on immigration is causing headaches for some banks, how a tiny black-owned bank is turning to fintech to turn itself around; why banks are rejecting Facebook's offer to share data and more from this week's most-read stories.

The Ohio special election is the latest sign that Democrats are well positioned to retake the House in midterm elections this fall.

The biggest impact may be to focus the administration’s efforts on selecting a nominee to succeed Director Mel Watt, whose term ends in January.

The Senate recess is postponing the committee's vote as Democrats press Kathy Kraninger on involvement with zero-tolerance immigration policy at OMB.

Despite some regulatory gains under the last administration, the deregulation underway by Trump officials threatens to endanger the financial system all over again.

Treasury, OCC want to make it easier to compete with banks; the two banks will sell notes and other products through a broker network.

Kraninger, a senior official at the Office of Management and Budget, has been heavily criticized by Democrats on the panel over her ties to the administration's family-separation policy at the border.

The roster of potential witnesses at the trial of President Trump's former campaign manager includes current and former employees of Citizens Financial Group, Banc of California and The Federal Savings Bank.

Kathy Kraninger, a senior official at the Office of Management and Budget, largely avoided answering direct questions at her nomination hearing.

Readers respond to Mulvaney's changes to the CFPB's consumer board, weigh a proposal regarding fair lending, react to adoption of pot banking regtech and more.

Whoever succeeds current Director Mel Watt will have a front-and-center role in efforts to reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

President Trump isn’t the first commander in chief to try to exert influence over the central bank, and history shows the clashes can end badly.

Allied Progress, a consumer watchdog, sued the CFPB and the OMB on Wednesday for failing to respond to a request for documents on Kathy Kraninger, President Trump's nominee to lead the CFPB.

An uptick in fines and a new tactic to counter claims about the CFPB’s authority contrast sharply with the agency’s rhetoric.

It's imperative that bank executives consider how the country’s trade war could hit their bottom lines.