Jon Hill

Another major banking trade group is pushing back on efforts by a string of digital asset and payment firms to obtain federal banking charters from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, warning that granting the charters would invite legal and systemic risks.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday continued its rollback of Biden-era policies, finalizing the closure of its nonbank enforcement registry and formally scrapping a plan to track financial firms' use of liability waivers and other "fine print" contract terms.

The Federal Reserve Friday issued a package of proposals to open up its stress-testing models and scenario designs to public scrutiny, pulling back the curtain on a process that helps determine capital requirements for the nation's biggest banks.

U.S. Senate Republicans have unveiled a bill that would raise decades-old transaction reporting thresholds under the Bank Secrecy Act, seeking to overhaul key anti-money laundering requirements that they say have buried banks and credit unions in "red tape."

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has agreed to end a long-running case accusing a former Wells Fargo risk officer of failing to prevent the bank's fake accounts scandal, striking a deal that drops its pursuit of a $10 million fine and industry ban.

Sony's online banking unit has applied with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to set up a U.S. offshoot that would mint stablecoins and custody digital assets, joining a wave of firms that have approached the agency with crypto-related business plans.

U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday pledged a wide-ranging regulatory push to spur a "community bank comeback," previewing plans that include easing capital rules, updating anti-money laundering standards and supporting expanded deposit insurance.

Amid growing calls for the full D.C. Circuit to revisit a recent panel ruling that would allow mass layoffs at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Trump administration is asking for a pause in the case until after the government shutdown is over.

The Ninth Circuit said Thursday that Flagstar Bank still owes a class of mortgage borrowers more than $9 million for unpaid escrow interest under a California law, ruling that a recent U.S. Supreme Court preemption case didn't upset circuit precedent on the issue.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has told its staff to expect business as usual amid the government shutdown that began Wednesday, assuring them that operations, pay and benefits will continue uninterrupted, according to an internal email obtained by Law360.