The federal banking regulators have proposed allowing more directors and management officials to serve at more than one institution in an effort to provide relief to community banks. ... Read full article
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell demurs on regulatory relief for largest banks while saying he is “open” to countercyclical buffer. ... Read full article
A proposal allowing more lenders to skip outside appraisals could remove a hurdle to quick closings, but appraisers say they could be collateral damage. ... Read full article
The tech giants, along with Apple, PayPal and others, are calling on the Federal Reserve to build a backbone for real-time payments, rejecting large banks’ claims that the task is best left to the private sector. ... Read full article
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has gotten the ball rolling for financial technology firms trying to operate a national platform, but the FDIC and Federal Reserve should act to remove other policy roadblocks. ... Read full article
One Federal Reserve governor’s push to use an untapped capital buffer to counteract potential losses is stoking concerns that such a maneuver could spook financial markets. ... Read full article
Owners of firms that employ only themselves would prefer to use loans or lines of credit, but more often than not they resort to credit cards, according to a new Fed report. Is this a missed opportunity for banks? ... Read full article
More acquainted with the quick decision-making style of the banking world, the comptroller of the currency found a policymaking environment in D.C. that moves at a slower pace. ... Read full article
Expected weaker fundamentals, stock buybacks and higher interest rates all to blame; firms are downsizing as bitcoin prices crash. ... Read full article
The Federal Reserve Board chairman told Sen. Elizabeth Warren in a letter that the central bank is actively reviewing the bank's progress in following a February consent order. ... Read full article
The regulatory agencies are the last word on an exemption from the proprietary trading ban, and there are no signs they will expand it beyond small institutions. ... Read full article
The senior central bank official signaled interest in deploying the countercyclical capital tool for the first time as corporate bond risks build. ... Read full article
Readers sound off on the CFPB's name change, whether the Post Office should be allowed to engage in banking services and the FDIC's call to revamp the de novo process. ... Read full article
Having the Federal Reserve Board’s bank supervision chief at the helm the Financial Stability Board cements U.S. leadership on cross-border regulation. ... Read full article
Whatever the central bank decides, it is sure to ruffle a lot of feathers in the industry. ... Read full article
The federal regulators said in a joint statement that they will take a bank's level of innovation into account in supervising its anti-money-laundering procedures. ... Read full article
The central bank may be looking at other benchmarks besides the fed funds rate to conduct monetary policy; dropping human appraisers from most home sales raises concerns. ... Read full article
The president’s escalating criticism of the central bank might be bluster. But it raises questions about how far he might go and what would happen if he tried to act. ... Read full article
Just as a recent law softened Dodd-Frank resolution plan requirements, the head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. announced an effort to ease such rules for depository institutions. ... Read full article
The amount of debt owed by businesses and the valuations of corporations are elevated, creating a growing source of concern, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday. ... Read full article
