Banking

As the coronavirus created uncertainty for the housing market, underwriting standards tightened further in June.

The agency sought to provide certainty that most actions from the past eight years remain in effect despite the ruling that the bureau's leadership structure is unconstitutional.

The notice of proposed rulemaking was mandated by the Dodd-Frank regulatory relief act passed in 2018.

Tom Pahl, a former longtime regulator at the Federal Trade Commission, has led key rulemaking efforts for the consumer bureau.

Two years after a consumer protection law changed how banks and other companies handle customer information, a new proposal aims for more sweeping reforms.

Some observers said the central bank should have suspended dividends entirely in response to an unprecedented economic emergency caused by the pandemic. Others said its more cautious moves were appropriate because big banks' capital is strong and the economy could bounce back.

Compared with the week prior, approximately 83,000 more loans from all investor types became forborne.

For banks with assets between $10 billion and $100 billion, the average exposure is 165% of capital.

The outbreak has completely upended whatever expectations the industry had heading into 2020. Here's key areas that have been shaped by the pandemic, some potentially forever.

The delinquency rate at the end of May was the highest in over eight years, but that includes borrowers in forbearance plans.