Regulation and compliance
Regulation and compliance
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A sizable increase to the current $10,000 limit on SALT write-offs would represent a major victory for a crucial group of swing-district House Republicans.
April 2 -
A Colorado regulator earlier this year revoked the license of the appraiser responsible for the 2021 evaluation at the center of the government's suit.
April 1 -
The Trump administration is leapfrogging the normal process by taking its fight over a district court injunction blocking efforts to shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to a federal appeals court, according to the CFPB workers' union.
April 1 -
The government conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac wasn't meant to last forever, but releasing the companies is complicated and should involve a diffident Congress, housing policy experts said during a Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta housing panel.
March 28 -
A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction that preserves the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's existence, reinstates fired employees and contracts, requires data be preserved and mandates that employees go back to work.
March 28 -
The Federal Reserve governor said it is healthy to examine the regulatory architecture, but stressed the importance of the central bank having insight into the banking system.
March 28 -
The new state law can't ban the calls outright, but requires solicitors to disclose to mortgage consumers their identity and how they purchased the lead.
March 28 -
The San Francisco bank announced Monday that it has shed its fifth regulatory order this year — this one related to loss mitigation practices in its home lending business.
March 28 -
The Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency say they will move to rescind a 2023 reform to the Community Reinvestment Act, citing litigation concerns about the rule.
March 28 -
The Senate Banking Committee considered the nomination of Paul Atkins to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission, whose track record on deregulation in the lead up to the 2008 financial crisis was questioned by Democratic lawmakers. Lawmakers also considered the nomination of Jonathan Gould to lead the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and Luke Pettit for a key bank regulatory role at Treasury.
March 27 -
In a paper, former central bank researchers make the case that the Federal Reserve could better support the Treasury market from disruptions in the cash-futures basis trade by hedging its asset purchases.
March 26 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau asked a federal judge to vacate and set aside a settlement against a Chicago mortgage lender, accusing the CFPB of misconduct in a case brought under former Director Kathy Kraninger, a Trump appointee.
March 26 -
The Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency took a measured approach to developing the international capital standards, according to a Government Accountability Office report.
March 26 -
The Treasury will phase out the use of paper checks for most government payments in about six months. The Trump administration says the move will improve efficiency and reduce the cost of payment processing.
March 26 -
The Federal Housing Finance Agency's withdrawal of tenant requirements and an unfair or deceptive acts or practices bulletin sets the tone for the future.
March 25 -
The law would have expanded the state's 12% interest rate cap in a manner that would have effectively banned fintech lending in the state.
March 25 -
The Mississippi lender said regulators have signed off sooner than expected on its $103.6 million acquisition of First Chatham Bank. The bank's CEO and deal advisers said the speedy approval bodes well for future M&A.
March 25 -
Experts said such a move would follow the Trump administration's plan to shrink and privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
March 25 -
Acting Comptroller Rodney Hood discussed using fintech to evaluate self-employed borrowers' creditworthiness, saying alternative credit models could promote financial inclusion.
March 24 -
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trump's National Economic Council director, Kevin Hassett, are set to meet Tuesday with House and Senate Republican leaders and their top tax writers to try to resolve differences over the scale of cuts and ways of paying for them.
March 24



















