A federal appeals court this year reversed Townstone Financial's earlier victory, ruling the regulator had authority to apply a lending law to prospective applicants.

The new chair of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision called for member nations to finish the job of implementing post-financial crisis regulations. He also warned them not to put economic goals over safety considerations.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra said opposition to the bureau's recently finalized open banking rule should be viewed as banks and other large firms attempting to quash competition and stymie consumer data protection.

Recently polled banking professionals held that Vice President Kamala Harris is the likely front-runner for the White House, but former President Donald Trump would be better for the industry.

At the Most Powerful Women in Banking conference this week, New York's top banking regulator said banks need to take full responsibility for the artificial intelligence models they use, even if they bought them from a third party.

JPMorgan Chase and bank trade groups criticized the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's open banking rule for not providing enough data security.

According to the litigation, a homeowner's Denver property was valued 25% less because of her race.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau expanded the scope of the 1033 rule to include payment apps, provides for some secondary uses of data, and extends the timeline for compliance.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency issued a proposed rule for the Federal Home Loan Bank System that allows the FHFA director to set "reasonable" board compensation.

Federal Reserve Board Gov. Christopher Waller argued that while decentralized finance technologies can reduce reliance on intermediaries and enhance efficiency, they ultimately pair well with centralized finance.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's nonbank registry to address repeat corporate offenders goes live this week, but some experts have raised concerns about redundancy and costs for nonbanks.

Rohit Chopra, the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, said his tenure at the agency could be characterized as simply reading statutes rather than finding novel ways to enforce regulations.

Updates to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act aimed at simplifying customers' ability to opt out of robocalls and robotexts will take effect on April 11, 2025.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Department of Justice issued a consent order against Wisconsin-based nonbank mortgage originator Fairway Independent Mortgage over redlining allegations. Fairway is the country's fifth-largest mortgage originator by volume.

The lender has largely denied allegations Connecticut previously lodged that threatened its licensing, but the state has new concerns.

Sen. Tim Johnson, a former three-term senator and five-term U.S. representative for South Dakota, died after complications from a recent stroke.

September's news roundup for the mortgage industry includes the impact of the Federal Reserve's rate cut on mortgage appetites, lenders continuing to launch and settle lawsuits and more.

Europe's top finance ministers are questioning the U.S.'s commitment to the global capital standards. The mistrust could have consequences for international regulatory efforts.

The administration wants to implement a 36 hour window of time for companies to report a cyber incident to the agency.

The Federal Reserve and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau moderately increased the minimum prices at which the Truth in Lending Act applies to loans and leases.