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Republican efforts to repeal the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's arbitration rule were dealt a significant blow Friday by another Wells Fargo scandal.

Financial regulation is too complex and needs to be retooled to improve access to credit, President Trump’s nominees to two top banking regulators told Capitol Hill on Thursday.

He is, by Wall Street standards, a small-time banker. But in 2014, with Donald Trump eyeing a run at the White House, Stephen Calk stepped into the big-money world of New York real estate — and a network of Trump associates.

Fed Vice Chair-nominee Randal Quarles will likely face questions about his support for small banks, while Comptroller-nominee Joseph Otting must face fallout from his predecessor.

A regulatory plan to create new restrictions on banks’ executive compensation practices appears dead — but changes since the financial crisis may have made the proposal largely obsolete anyway.

The OCC and CFPB are engaging in a high-stakes battle over the latter agency's effort to rein in mandatory arbitration clauses, in a rare public spat between federal regulators.

Federal regulators issued a proposal Tuesday that would increase the threshold at which commercial real estate transactions require an appraisal, a move that could give some lenders sizable relief.

Acting Comptroller of the Currency Keith Noreika has asked the CFPB to delay publishing its final arbitration rule, citing concerns about how it will impact the safety and soundness of banks.

The industry and GOP lawmakers face short time frames and other challenges in trying to repeal the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's arbitration rule.

Tucked away in the Treasury Department’s regulatory reform report released last month was a nascent effort to reform the way regulators implement the Community Reinvestment Act.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency told a somewhat familiar story Friday about the industry's risk environment.

Affordable housing shortages and declining loan volumes are making it difficult for banks to originate enough mortgages to meet their Community Reinvestment Act obligations, which could make filling shortfalls with loans from nonbanks more expensive.

Federal regulators supported several changes the banking industry has been seeking in an appearance before the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday, acknowledging the need to limit the Volcker Rule and better define systemically important banks.

A GOP House Financial Services Committee report alleges that Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray lied about the bureau's investigation into the Wells Fargo scandal.

Financial regulators issued joint guidance on Wednesday highlighting the availability of cross-state appraiser licensing agreements.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is expected to face tough questions on the OCC, Glass-Steagall and housing finance reform when he testifies on Thursday.

The deposit insurer has stayed out of the debate over how to regulate the online lending industry. But that may be about to change.

The company also said it believes there are no regulatory obstacles that will derail its planned acquisition of Astoria Financial.

The Federal Reserve is asking Sterling to address deficiencies tied to its collection, verification and reporting of CRA data from 2014 to 2016.

More than 100 days into Trump’s presidency, financial regulators still lack key appointments. Here's why that matters.