Regulation

The National Credit Union Administration is considering a rule that would bring its cyber incident reporting framework into alignment with those of other regulators, but would still be more permissive than the 36-hour limit imposed on banks.

The operators of a Texas payments firm with ties to the U.K. pleaded guilty in the U.S. to money laundering failures after their business facilitated the shipping of $160 million to Nigeria over about three years.

Michael Barr, awaiting confirmation as the Federal Reserve’s top regulator, wants to holistically rethink the central bank’s capital requirements. Karen Petrou, managing partner of Federal Financial Analytics, has some ideas on how to do that.

Europe’s landmark test of banks’ resilience to global warming was far softer than many lenders had expected, according to people familiar with the matter.

Bank and financial services supervisors have an affirmative duty to address the deep economic divide facing minorities in the U.S.

The lender has been struggling with a series of scandals that have sent its shares to near-record lows, and may face a second criminal indictment in an unrelated case later this year.

This year’s stress-test results show large banks have more than enough capital to deal with a major economic crisis, but their capital requirements will likely go up anyway. That has some observers and industry officials concerned credit will tighten even as the economy teeters on the edge of recession.

Despite a more rigorous hypothetical stress scenario than last year, each of the 33 banks examined retained far more than their minimum capital requirements in this year’s stress-test results.

The Community Reinvestment Act has failed to reduce anti-Black racial discrimination in financial services, to lower poverty or to lessen environmental destruction.

U.S. banking giants are poised to return $80 billion to shareholders after this year’s Federal Reserve stress tests, less than last year’s elevated level that followed a pandemic-driven buyback pause.