Regulation

Harper is only the third member of the National Credit Union Administration board to chair the council. Blake Paulson, acting comptroller of the currency, has been appointed vice chairman.

The $6.4 million-asset institution was placed in conservatorship in January and is the first credit union to be liquidated this year.

The agency announced it was rescinding seven policy statements issued last year meant to help companies combat fallout from COVID-19 but that the bureau's current chief said came at the expense of consumers.

The banking and credit union industries opposed the Illinois Community Reinvestment Act, but they were largely shut out of a process that moved quickly amid a nationwide reckoning on racial inequality.

Like their counterparts in the U.K., U.S. regulators should be working closely with the private sector to establish principles and guardrails to direct and focus tech advancements in ways that will protect consumers and financial stability.

The 30-day extension comes after the American Bankers Association requested additional time to consider the rule's impact.

A federal watchdog agency determined that Almena State Bank's push into government-backed loans, supported with high-cost wholesale funding, set it up for collapse when significant credit issues arose.

By purchasing additional assets and securities, the Federal Reserve provided the financial markets with enough liquidity to weather the pandemic recession. But with the economy starting to recover, it needs to reduce such funding before it creates dangerous bubbles over the long term, say two former bankers.

For banks that pass this year’s stress tests, the Federal Reserve said it will eliminate the restrictions on dividends and share buybacks while subjecting those institutions instead to the stress capital buffer.

Free investment education and testing for risk tolerance are among the ways financial firms can better reach underserved consumers, former SEC chief Jay Clayton and Operation HOPE’s John Hope Bryant say.