John Heltman

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is giving the funds to more than 4.3 million consumers harmed by a defunct credit-repair conglomerate, the largest-ever distribution from the bureau's victim-relief fund.

Federal Reserve Gov. Michelle Bowman said Friday morning that regulators need to revisit some of their regulations covering check fraud, particularly

BankThink Back in 2017 there was this get-together in Charlottesville, Virginia, that got rather out of hand.

BankThink Earlier this year, American Banker's Washington bureau put out a about the evolving-yet-critical thread of populism in financial regulation.

The Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee will decide whether to cut the federal funds rate Wednesday, and Fed Chair Jerome Powell will take questions from reporters following the meeting.

Economists say the U.S. economy is leaving 2024 healthy, with unemployment low, inflation manageable and growth robust. Unknown variables — including the depth and scope of President-elect Donald Trump's immigration and tariff policies — could change that course, but likely not until 2026.

BankThink Back in 1939, some newsreel producer asked fashion designers to predict what people would be wearing in the year 2000, resulting

Barr gave up his prestigious position as the Federal Reserve vice chair for supervision. In keeping his seat on the Board of Governors, he may have strengthened his hand in shaping banking regulation.

WASHINGTON — Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chair Martin Gruenberg warned that deregulatory efforts in the past have often created the conditions