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Banks and public advocacy groups agree that the Community Reinvestment Act needs to change. But is the latest proposal moving in the right direction?

With Congress deadlocked on a future for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the administration is prepping to move by itself.

As the administration gears up to end a decade of government control of Fannie and Freddie, are there any good options?

Large banks are increasingly taking stands on social issues like gun rights and climate change. Some see this as a troubling development.

Elder financial exploitation is a vast and growing problem in the U.S., and one that presents difficult policy challenges for law enforcement and banks.

From expanding their membership to buying naming rights for major stadiums, big credit unions are taking unfair advantage of their tax exemption, bankers and industry observers argue.

The most widely referenced interest rate benchmark will cease to function after 2021, and the financial system is still coming to grips with that complicated reality.

A new kind of institution wants to make the interest rate the Federal Reserve pays to its member institutions more widely available, but that could have big implications for monetary policy.

Anti-money-laundering regulations are among the most costly, and few criminals get caught. Banks say there’s a better way.

America's farms have taken on near-record levels of debt in recent years, and commodity prices and trade wars are putting pressure on farm country. That could spell bad news for bankers that lend to them.