Volcker Rule

Proposal would simplify the rule prohibiting proprietary trading; Fiat Chrysler, which accounts for about a third of the unit’s business, may go solo.

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.

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

As President Trump signed the regulatory relief bill into law on Thursday, most of the attention was on a provision to help regional banks with more than $50 billion of assets. But a majority of the new law is aimed at helping institutions below $10 billion. Here's how.

The industry’s biggest legislative victory in a decade made it to the finish line Thursday.

Long-awaited modifications to proprietary trading ban are to be unveiled at an open meeting on May 30.

The bill passed by the House took a more cautious approach to relief than prior legislative proposals but has still been hailed by banking industry groups.

Banks earned a record-shattering $56 billion in the first quarter, even before the regulatory relief bill is enacted. More victories, policy and otherwise, are on their way.

Policymakers should spend more time focused on limiting risky activity through measures like the Volcker Rule than on demanding ever-higher levels of bank capital.

A British court throws out Serious Fraud Office charges that the bank conspired with Qatari investors to prop it up; investigators open 70 cases against potentially fraudulent cyber deals.

Combined with another key change that would give banks more leeway in trading, the revisions on hedging could further blunt the impact of the rule named after a former Fed chairman.

With Congress set to approve a regulatory relief bill and vote on an FDIC chairman, banks will soon see the deregulation they’ve long been anticipating.

Circle Internet Financial says it is now worth $3 billion following latest funding round; proposed changes would give banks more leeway to make some trades.

The proposed change would give banks more leeway in making trades and put more onus on regulators to challenge their judgments, sources said.

Trump-appointed regulators are making headway on easing regulations. But there's one critical voice missing.

Both Republicans and Democrats are making threats against banks that don't take their side on gun control.

On one hand, banks could face regulatory pressure to restrict services to the firearms industry. But banks that take a strong stand also risk the wrath of GOP lawmakers opposed to such restrictions.