Policymaking

Yellen hails continuity at Fed; online lending flops

12/14/17

Departing central bank chief says colleagues are committed to strict bank regulation; marketplace lending not living up to promises as delinquencies continue to rise.

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FHA condo loans slipped under Obama. Trump’s HUD eyes a comeback

12/13/17

The Obama administration had tried to ease restrictions on the Federal Housing Administration's condominium program, but the agency under President Trump is seen as moving more aggressively.

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House lawmakers poised to ease loan officer licensing rules

12/13/17

The House Financial Services Committee was expected to approve a bill as early as Wednesday that amends key provisions of the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008.

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Dear Congress: Don't lose New Markets credit in tax reform deal

12/13/17

Lawmakers should preserve the credit meant to spur economic development as part of sweeping tax reform being debated in Congress this week.

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FHA borrowers pay steep price to keep reverse mortgage program afloat

12/12/17

The fundamental conclusion of the Federal Housing Administration’s fiscal year 2017 actuarial review is that the financial problems of the FHA Home Equity Conversion Mortgage program keep getting worse.

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Pranks at CFPB, tax cuts' impact and bitcoin: Top stories of the week

12/08/17

For the second week in a row, the CFPB's leadership shakeout dominated readers' attention, while a regional banker discussed efforts to fight hacking and the impact of the tax cuts, and bitcoin's price soared.

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‘Richard Nixon might disagree’: Comments of the week

12/08/17

Readers react to the change in tone at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the launch of voice-command banking on Amazon’s Alexa, how regulation affects financial innovation and more.

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Quarles calls for transparency; Bitcoin boils over — again

12/08/17

Fed's supervision chief wants more openness on bank stress tests; cybercurrency jumps 40% in 40 hours, climbing past $19,000.

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The CFPB’s losing streak: A blow-by-blow

12/06/17

The agency has suffered a series of setbacks over the past two months, from a rollback of its arbitration rule to a legal battle over its leadership. Here's what happened — and where the agency might lose next.

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New OCC head scraps plan to move big bank examiners off-site

12/06/17

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is eliminating a plan designed to ensure its examiners did not get too close to the big banks they supervise.

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