Regulation and compliance
Regulation and compliance
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The secondary market regulator will formally publish its own rule on Feb. 6, after a comment period and without making changes to what it proposed in July.
February 6 -
Bowing to industry pressure, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is warning consumers with notices on its complaint portal not to file disputes about inaccurate information on credit reports, among other changes.
February 5 -
In a contentious House Financial Services Committee oversight hearing, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent sidestepped questions on the Trump family crypto conflicts of interest and inflation with pugnacious responses to Democratic lawmakers' questions.
February 4 -
The partial US government shutdown is on track to end later Tuesday after the House passed a funding deal President Donald Trump negotiated with Senate Democrats, overcoming opposition from both ends of the political spectrum.
February 3 -
President Donald Trump's support of legislation that would cap credit card interest rates at 10% has flagged in recent weeks, but experts say that the debate has highlighted significant gaps in regulators' understanding of the credit card market and how its risks are priced.
February 3 -
The mortgage lender will also conduct its own independent audit to determine if any further instances of unlicensed activity occurred after 2022.
February 2 -
The Senate-approved bill that hadn't yet cleared the House at the time of this writing would fund agencies like HUD through the end of the fiscal year.
February 2 -
The high court, without comment, refused Emigrant Mortgage's appeal of a verdict holding it liable for no income, no asset verification loans to minorities.
January 30 -
Former Fed Gov. Kevin Warsh is a relatively known quantity to financial markets, but his embrace of President Trump's agenda and the White House's own contentious relationship with the central bank make it hard to know with certainty where — or even whether — he will lead the Fed.
January 30 -
President Trump's announcement Friday morning that former investment banker and Fed Governor Kevin Warsh would be his selection as the next chairman of the Fed ends months of speculation and gives the president a key ally at the central bank.
January 30 -
A Government Accountability Office report warns the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to clarify which records from the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision should be treated as federal records and thus retained according to the Federal Records Act.
January 29 -
Rocket denied the allegations, saying the lawsuit is a retread of a case the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed that was quickly dismissed.
January 28 -
State regulators say proposed changes by the Federal Reserve that would make state bank examiners the primary boots on the ground will make bank examinations faster, but could cause some issues to go overlooked.
January 27 -
The regulator, in an audit with the Department of Homeland Security, found almost 6,000 ineligible non-American tenants in the units it supports.
January 26 -
Observers said the Supreme Court likely will allow Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook to remain at her post while she challenges her purported removal by President Donald Trump. But her continued presence would slow, rather than stop, the president's quest for a voting majority on the central bank board.
January 22 -
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Thursday finalized a framework for banks to appeal supervisory determinations, replacing the agency's existing appeal committee with an independent three-member panel, one member of which must have industry experience.
January 22 -
The Supreme Court Wednesday appeared skeptical of the Justice Department's argument that removal of a Federal Reserve governor is unreviewable or that the president's preference for Fed governors outweighs the harm to the Fed from curbing the central bank's political independence.
January 21 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has backed off enforcement and supervision of consumer protection laws, leaving states to fill the void — and potentially creating a "patchwork" of state laws that banks will have to comply with.
January 21 -
Representatives of both insurers and policyholders point out multiple flaws in the new laws and additional proposed bills.
January 20 -
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday morning that banks should focus on the sweeping deregulation the administration has enacted as the industry pushes back on President Trump's proposed 10% credit card interest rate cap.
January 20
















