Compliance & Regulation

Bank earnings could be hurt this year as big retailers close stores and file for bankruptcy. The situation has sparked a debate about how much CRE and C&I books will suffer just as lenders were putting other commercial woes behind them.

Meeting with CEOs, President Trump discussed reducing the financial regulatory burden among a series of actions he is pursuing to make the U.S. more business-friendly.

Former Jefferies & Co. Managing Director Jesse Litvak says he should be spared prison when he is sentenced later this month following his conviction of a single count of fraud.

Mayor Sylvester Turner expressed optimism Monday about city efforts to resolve a federal finding that Houston housing policies violate the Civil Rights Act, saying U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson told him last month he "is very pleased with the direction in which we are going."

United Shore Financial Services has agreed to pay a total of $1.4 million to consumers and California regulators to settle allegations it collected interest payments it was not entitled to.

A Senate Republican effort to use an obscure process to restructure the CFPB could derail any bipartisan agreement on targeted changes to the Dodd-Frank Act.

Observers are divided over whether National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn's support for a modernized Glass-Steagall Act is purely opportunistic or sincere.

The bill from three GOP senators would require Truth in Lending Act disclosures for so-called Property Assessed Clean Energy loans, which are currently exempt from the law.

A San Jose apartment owner has found a way to evict long-time tenants, jack up the rents on her units and collect government subsidies in the process — by leasing her apartments to homeless veterans.

In his annual letter to shareholders, M&T Bank chief Robert Wilmers laid out in compelling detail how government policies intended to protect American families have ultimately stymied economic growth.