A judge ruled the Pennsylvania lender had to commit to its increased fair lending obligations for three more years, as it wouldn't harm the public interest.

The agency has a proposed repeal in place, getting ready to be made public on July 28, which would rescind another Biden-era fair housing policy.

Given FHFA Director Bill Pulte's history of making regulatory pronouncements via X, some theorize the release of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could occur in the same way.

Flagstar Bank wants to merge its holding company into the bank, which would cut $15 million in annual expenses and eliminate regulatory oversight by the Federal Reserve, leaving the OCC as its primary regulator. The bank's CEO, Joseph Otting, is a former comptroller of the currency.

States have passed new laws and hired ex-bureau staff, but some suggest the shift is more evolutionary than revolutionary.

This could be the second year in a row that the market for U.S. bank preferred shares has shrunk, something that hasn't happened since the lenders were replacing obsolete capital after the global financial crisis.

After passing the Federal Reserve's stress tests with high marks, large banks announced dividend increases. In some cases, they also said the Fed had conceded that certain prior calculations needed to be revised.

The largest U.S. banks took less of a capital hit under the Federal Reserve's hypothetical stress scenario than they did last year, but averaging the two sets of results could impact next year's regulatory requirements.

As the Federal Reserve considers changes to the supplemental leverage ratio, Fed Board Chair Jerome Powell said that effort is one piece of a broader deregulation package that will also address the Basel III capital rules.

Nonbank mortgage companies are regulated on the state level, but multistate examinations allow for virtual nationwide and industry-wide coverage.