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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Experts said such a move would follow the Trump administration's plan to shrink and privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Acting Comptroller Rodney Hood discussed using fintech to evaluate self-employed borrowers' creditworthiness, saying alternative credit models could promote financial inclusion.

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.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has rehired more than 100 fire employees, but the union claims dozens of employees have not been reinstated in violation of a federal court order.

Headlines over real estate sales policies, as well as economic upheaval, are having a negative impact on how insiders are seeing the market today.