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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is likely to finalize its small-dollar rule by September ahead of Director Richard Cordray's widely expected departure.

The House voted 231 to 190 on Tuesday to nullify the CFPB's rule banning mandatory arbitration clauses, but the outcome in Senate is unclear.

It’s a very large number for any bank, but Bank of America executives said the move makes good economic sense and promotes relationship-building with customers.

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.

House and Senate lawmakers formally filed resolutions on Thursday to repeal the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's arbitration rule, but there were early signs that enacting them may prove challenging.

The marketplace lender's application for an industrial bank charter is under fire from small banks and progressives, who say it could violate the barrier between banking and commerce and shut out middle-class and lower-income consumers.

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.

The House Appropriations Committee approved a HUD funding bill Monday that would prohibit the FHA from insuring properties with a Property Assessed Clean Energy loan in a first-lien position.

A district court judge has ruled in favor of a Louisville, Ky., law firm that was sued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in 2013 for allegedly paying illegal kickbacks in exchange for referrals.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is implementing reforms to its reverse mortgage program and providing more counseling resources for seniors who are considering the product, Secretary Ben Carson said Monday.

House lawmakers including Jeb Hensarling are preparing to move on a series of targeted regulatory relief bills in an effort to give Senate Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, more leeway when he tries to craft a relief measure.

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.

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling continued the drumbeat of Republican attacks on Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray.

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

Mortgage rates rose across the board for the second consecutive week, with the 30-year fixed-rate loan moving over 4%, according to Freddie Mac.

With the ink barely dry on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's final arbitration rule, defenders and critics of the rule were already girding for a congressional fight over its ultimate fate.

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.

Supporters maintain hope that the Federal Housing Administration will revive a proposed premium cut, but a key obstacle remains: There's no one to run the agency.

A divided Federal Reserve policy committee couldn’t reach agreement in June on the timing of when to begin shrinking its massive balance sheet, according to minutes of the meeting.