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Following a congressional mandate, the consumer bureau solicited public feedback on Property Assessed Clean Energy loans, which have been deemed risky by the Federal Housing Administration. ... Read full article

A legal memo conducted on behalf of the trade group says the agency’s policy goes beyond statutory intent and places undue restrictions on healthy banks. ... Read full article

Community banks can’t afford the digital banking services customers demand; Vanguard's "banklike" cash management service couldn't match banks' offerings. ... Read full article

California and others have passed consumer privacy laws, and lawmakers in Congress are beginning to address the issue. ... Read full article

The data breach at Equifax and Facebook's scandals have made data privacy a big issue to state and federal lawmakers. Here's why banks need to be worried. ... Read full article

The settlement would mark a rare instance where the bank stands to benefit monetarily from a scandal that has severely damaged its reputation and cost it hundreds of millions in penalties. ... Read full article

The conventional market recaptured a lot of the first-time homebuyers it lost during the financial crisis, but service members instead have increasingly stuck with loans insured by the Department of Veterans Affairs. ... Read full article

JPMorgan's Dimon: Square innovated where we should have; this company simplifies bank switching (and banks pay for it); BB&T-SunTrust deal has Atlanta banks licking their chops; and more from this week's most-read stories. ... Read full article

The Mortgage Bankers Association, National Association of Realtors and 26 other groups warned the agency not to pursue steps reducing the scope of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that could upset the mortgage market. ... Read full article

The move by Kroger Co. comes in response to rising interchange fees on Visa's premium credit cards. The cards will be banned at 142 Smith's stores in the western U.S. ... Read full article

Crypto exchanges are adopting anti-fraud surveillance tools as they attempt to root out pump-and-dump schemes, insider trading and bogus orders. ... Read full article

The U.S. embassy wants to meet with Sweden’s financial regulator over AML concerns; revelation that he borrowed to buy Barclays shares doesn’t sit well with others. ... Read full article

Community banks and credit unions fear a Senate plan and other legislative ideas will nullify steps taken by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that have made it easier for smaller institutions to compete. ... Read full article

Readers weigh in on Democrats' call for more scrutiny of the BB&T-SunTrust merger, changes to the CFPB's payday lending rule, criticism of Square's ILC application and more. ... Read full article

Aspiration, Wealthfront and SoFi have all begun offering high-yield savings accounts during the past few weeks. ... Read full article

The effort comes more than a year after Republicans successfully blocked a CFPB rule that would have banned mandatory arbitration clauses in financial contracts. ... Read full article

The new regulation, codifying requirements already in practice, is meant to help the mortgage giants prepare for the adoption of a uniform security in June. ... Read full article

The FDIC reserve fund is nearing a threshold that will trigger a temporary reprieve on deposit insurance premiums for banks with less than $10 billion of assets. ... Read full article