BankThink

The election of a Republican president could be the first prerequisite to repealing the financial reform law, but banks still need to argue their case for why repeal is necessary.

Housing policy focused on government guarantees and the 30-year mortgage hasn't done much to help low- and middle-income homeowners build wealth.

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Democratic Candidates Debate: Wall Street took top billing amongst the topics of Thursday's Democratic presidential debate between remaining contenders Sen. Bernie Sanders, of Vermont, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Throughout the evening, Sanders repeatedly criticized Clinton for her connections to the financial services industry – and the way in which those connections appear to have benefited her campaign's bank account. "What being part of the establishment is, is in the...

The amount of complaints in the Consumer Financial Protection BureauÂ's database dealing with payday loans is relatively small, so why is the proposal to regulate payday lenders so sweeping?

Wall Street Journal

The water-contamination disaster in Flint, Mich., may have a new consequence: mortgage lenders appear ready to put a clamp on most home purchase loans. Lenders have started to require that home buyers must provide proof that a property they want to buy does not have contamination.

Nonbank lender Michigan Mutual and banks Wells Fargo and Bank of America have sent notices saying they won't make loans on a properties that don't have drinkable water....