Benjamin Bain

Regulators at the Federal Reserve have a blunt warning for banks looking to take advantage of new opportunities that involve cryptocurrencies: make sure they’re legal first.

Mattel Inc. will pay $3.5 million to settle allegations that it violated securities rules in 2017, clearing a regulatory cloud that had been hanging over the toymaker.

Crypto-Market Events Hint at Risks for Finance, Fed's Barr Says  Bloomberg

The annual exams that test Wall Street banks’ ability to withstand market turmoil are poised for an overhaul.

Federal regulators would get new powers to claw back compensation of executives who led failed banks under a bipartisan plan from two US senators.

IMF Urges Bank Regulators to Toughen Stance After March Turmoil - Bloomberg

After the failure of several big banks nearly crippled the global financial system in the late 2000s, regulators designated the largest remaining lenders as “too big to fail.” These so-called global systemically important banks, or G-SIBs, face the strictest regulatory scrutiny. Now, US regulators have laid the groundwork to extend that level of oversight to other types of financial companies such as hedge funds and asset managers. The move reverses Trump-era guidance that made it much harder to

US regulators will begin requiring hedge funds to confidentially share more information about their investment strategies.

Banks are preparing for further losses as delinquencies in loans tied to office space continue to rise, according to the Federal Reserve.

The US Treasury Department is seeking more information on how financial firms are using artificial intelligence, as well as opportunities and risks the technologies pose for the sector.