Maria Volkova

Key takeaway: Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte's new role as acting director of national intelligence could cloud the agency's

Key takeaway: The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday that the U.S. added 172,000 jobs in May, while unemployment held steady at 4.3%.

Key takeaway: Whether and how banks ultimately become involved in the growing market may depend on the outcome of a series of legal and regulatory

The National Credit Union Administration proposed amending its common-bond provisions to allow the agency to approve some associations whose membership relies on the purchase of a product or service, a move banks say undermines the rationale for tax-exempt credit unions.

Key takeaway : The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has proposed a rule that would establish a framework to help the agency determine whether prediction market contracts are contrary to the public interest and thus invalid.

Key takeaway: Although the guidance does not carry the force of law, onlookers say it could prompt some lenders to scale back lending to borrowers

Key takeaway: Christopher Phelen said that it is too early to tell whether tariffs will have an impact on the economy and said that inflation readings were worse during the Biden administration.

Key takeaway: JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America objected to the proposed removal of risk-weighted assets from the denominator of the short-term

Key takeaway: Market watchers say the groundwork has been created over the years for regulators to now establish guidelines for tokenized bank deposits.

Community banks overcame a key challenge in 2025 by growing deposits, a task that had proved difficult in previous years. Across the entire universe of banks, deposits increased 4%.