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The industry continues to push for an overhaul of the bureau’s leadership structure, but both parties seem uninterested.
May 30 -
Branches are closing at the fastest pace in years, and keeping them relevant to customers is a problem banks are being forced to solve in ever more creative ways.
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The agency's spring rulemaking agenda includes the process for collecting small-business data as well as underwriting rules for GSE-backed loans. But what's missing from the list may be just as important.
May 28 -
Regulators have taken a number of steps to implement last year’s reforms to Dodd-Frank, but there are several important items left on the to-do list.
May 24
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The biggest deal in more than a decade has sparked debate about the pressure for more bank consolidation and whether consumers will be hurt.
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The AGs say the agency's plan to rescind ability-to-repay requirements for payday loans would undermine states' ability to enforce their own laws.
May 17 -
The U.S. and Europe should continue to harmonize their banking rules, including for foreign banking operations, just as they did in the wake of the financial crisis.
May 17
European Banking Federation -
The official told lawmakers Thursday that the research underlying the bureau's 2017 payday rule proposal did not support strict underwriting requirements of small-dollar loans.
May 16 -
Craig Phillips, who has been developing the Trump administration's plan to help free Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from conservatorship, will leave Treasury next month.
May 16 -
Presidential candidates aren't talking much about banking now, but that's likely to change as the Democratic primary heats up.
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The Financial Stability Oversight Council first wanted to target individual nonbanks that are economically risky. Now it wants to target activities instead. Is that a good idea or a political ploy?
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A proposal to give the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau jurisdiction over credit unions with $10 billion or more of assets has sparked a war of words between the longtime foes.
May 7 -
Big banks may have found a way to lower needed reserve levels; with Brexit delayed, Goldman will hold off on expansion.
May 6 -
As the central bank board proceeds with reforms easing the post-crisis regulatory regime, the Obama-appointed governor has not shied from opposing the agency’s course.
May 5 -
Changing demographics and cultural trends are making bank CEOs think beyond profitability and toward addressing what they stand for.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed steps to ease Home Mortgage Disclosure Act requirements, just days after announcing it was retiring a platform to let users analyze raw mortgage data.
May 2 -
With the candidates still introducing themselves to voters and honing their message, little has been said about the financial industry.
April 29
American Banker -
With the candidates still introducing themselves to voters and honing their message, little has been said about the financial industry.
April 26
American Banker -
Following the Federal Reserve Board, the FDIC signed off on proposed measures to ease resolution planning requirements and tailor supervisory standards for foreign banking companies operating in the U.S.
April 16 -
Despite consensus that regulators should ease so-called “living will” requirements by some degree, critics charge that a proposal by the Fed and FDIC could undo gains in making large banks easier to resolve.
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