Politics

Speaking at an event hosted by The Clearing House, the Federal Reserve's vice chair for supervision said he expects both instant payment processing systems to be widely adopted over time.

Policymakers are all too quick to categorize IMBs as financially risky institutions; making them easy targets for stricter - and unnecessary - federal oversight and regulatory efforts, Stevens and Olson argue.

Moderate Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee voiced concerns about the impact of the Basel III endgame proposal on small businesses and minority communities, saying regulators should consider revisions or an extended comment period.

Senate Banking Committee ranking member Tim Scott, R-S.C., released one of his first major public  bank policy pushes in months after formally suspending his presidential campaign.

Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Sandra Thompson is pushing for a quick launch of pilot programs at the 11 Federal Home Loan banks to help underserved communities after its report this week prescribed major reforms to the system.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency says it wants to more closely tether Federal Home Loan bank advances to housing and community development. Doing so will first involve clearly defining the banks' mission through regulation.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency said in a long-awaited report that it will set up new guardrails for the Federal Home Loan Banks to ensure that the institutions are serving a housing-centric mission.

Often a harbinger of recessions, the fact that short-term yields are higher than long-term is not inherently bad, Federal Reserve Gov. Chris Waller said Tuesday, noting that in this case it could prove that market expectations are anchored.

Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., said that international cooperation in the Basel III endgame proposal is latest iteration of an opaque standard-setting process.

An Office of Management and Budget memo took issue with cuts to the Treasury Department and an attempt to take the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau into the congressional appropriations process.

The Federal Housing Administration has a floated modernized policy that could permanently replace the temporary one but was asked for more implementation time.

Heads of the three major bank regulatory agencies made their case for why the recently finalized framework implementing the Community Reinvestment Act is not all bad for the banks subjected to it.

The Financial Stability Oversight Council enhanced its powers to designate nonbank financial institutions as systemically important Friday, emphasizing transparency and the need to protect financial stability.

Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr says that while there has been some opposition to the recent overhaul of Community Reinvestment Act regulations, he expects that banks, supervisors and communities will adapt and thrive once it's fully implemented.

The seizure of servicing from Reverse Mortgage Funding's bankruptcy has had ripple effects ranging from a private legal challenge to broader policy changes.

Trade groups, analysts and some regulators want more data on how various regulatory changes and proposals would impact the banking sector in totality. But regulatory agencies have yet to take on such a project and private sector groups say the task is beyond their capabilities.

President Joe Biden's executive order tackling artificial intelligence could reprioritize the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's work in fair lending on artificial intelligence algorithms.

In conjunction with an announcement last week, federal agencies will conduct training workshops to help developers, lenders and other stakeholders benefit from the Biden administration's housing supply plan.

Consumer spending has driven core inflation metrics to their highest levels in months, according to data released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Higher inflation will likely serve as a signal to the Federal Reserve to maintain high interest rates.

Banks and dissenting policymakers have raised the possibility of challenging regulators' Community Reinvestment Act overhaul in court, but it remains unclear whether they intend to walk the walk.