Senate confirms Quarles as first Fed vice chair of banking supervision
Randal Quarles was confirmed 65 to 32 as a Fed governor, and by voice vote as the vice chairman of banking supervision. ... Read full article
Randal Quarles was confirmed 65 to 32 as a Fed governor, and by voice vote as the vice chairman of banking supervision. ... Read full article
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said Wells Fargo’s treatment of customers was “egregious and unacceptable," hinting that more regulatory action was likely. ... Read full article
Company is third fintech firm in the past few months to seek its own bank charter; vice chair’s departure gives Trump four vacancies to fill on the Federal Reserve Board. ... Read full article
Federal Reserve Board Vice Chair Stanley Fischer said he will resign from the Board of Governors on or about Oct. 13. ... Read full article
Fed chair says post-crisis financial reforms have strengthened the banking system and the economy; consumers again comfortable borrowing against their home equity. ... Read full article
House Republicans are ramping up their criticism of the Fed for making interest payments to member banks on excess reserves, and may have identified a way to counter claims that the payments are critical to monetary policy. ... Read full article
Fed Chair Janet Yellen called the Treasury's report a "complicated document" that shared many of the central bank's objectives, including reducing regulatory burden without sacrificing safety and soundness. ... Read full article
In an extensive interview, Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker talks about the challenges facing community banks, the biggest threat to the financial system and the possibility of interest rate hikes later this year. ... Read full article
Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker resigned Tuesday after revealing that he inadvertently disclosed confidential information about monetary policy to an analyst in 2012. ... Read full article
Banks of all stripes are cheering what the Federal Reserve’s accelerated rate increases promise for net interest income, but big banks and small banks have conflicting notions about how they want to price deposits in the coming months. ... Read full article
Fed Chair Janet Yellen cast doubt on the administration’s call for a reinstatement of a Depression-era barrier between commercial and investment banking activities. ... Read full article
The Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday raised the federal funds rate 0.25%, marking only the third rate hike since the financial crisis. ... Read full article
Scott Alvarez, the Federal Reserve's long-time general counsel, will retire later this year after nearly three dozen years at the central bank, the agency announced Wednesday. ... Read full article