A group of Democratic lawmakers have written to federal regulators asking them to reconsider potential chilling effects on clean energy financing in the Basel III endgame proposal.

As part of a settlement with the Justice Department, Patriot Bank must invest more than $1 million of the total in a loan subsidy fund for minority homeowners and take other corrective steps in its everyday business. The bank denied any wrongdoing.

In comments submitted to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau concerning its "large participant" rule governing Big Tech in payments, many commenters outlined procedural concerns, suggesting there may be grounds for litigation when the rule is finalized.

Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr said feedback received will be incorporated into the final version of the capital reform rule.

Alberto Musalem, a finance professor with experience in both the public and private sectors, will take over the reins at the regional reserve bank in April.

James Gorman, chair and CEO of Morgan Stanley, expressed optimism in an interview Wednesday that the proposed Basel III endgame capital proposal would "definitely change" before it is finalized.

While much of the attention in next year's election is on the top of the ticket, there are several other important races in 2024 that banks need to keep on their radar.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will take a bite out of bank profits in 2024 by issuing final rules on overdraft and credit card late fees, among other major rulemakings.

The Justice Department and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are suing a real estate developer over an alleged bait-and-switch land-sale scheme near Houston. The developer used TikTok and other social media sites to lure Hispanic immigrants into predatory loans, the government alleges.

The lawsuit accuses Navy Federal of violating the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act after a CNN report that the lender approved a lower percentage of Black and Latino mortgage applicants.

Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and John Kennedy, R-La., have reintroduced their ILC bill that would subject companies that hold an ILC charter to similar oversight as traditional banks, while measures to cap interest rates and ban 'trigger leads' have also been introduced.

A near-final framework released this week would increase capital requirements for England's largest banks by 3.2%, far less than the uptick proposed for U.S. and European banks.

The Federal Reserve has allowed more than $1 trillion of assets to roll off its balance sheet. Chair Jerome Powell says he doesn't believe reserves in the banking system are nearing a level that would cause the Fed to slow down or stop.

While mortgage assumptions are on the rise, so too are complaints leveled against mortgage servicers for how they handle the loans. A common refrain is that the companies are moving too slowly.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Monday it has hired Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton to conduct an independent review of its workplace culture amid allegations of rampant sexual harassment in the workplace.

A provision to standardize and clarify banks' operational risk obligations — which opponents say is excessively costly and may not be effective — is emerging as the focal point of the public debate on the broader rule. It may also be the key to taking the rule over the finish line.

Led by Senate Banking Committee ranking member Tim Scott, R-S.C., GOP members of the Senate Banking Committee say they have concerns about Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Martin Gruenberg's leadership ability.

The fireworks that traditionally accompany big bank CEOs' appearances in Congress were absent Wednesday, but instead executives pushed their opposition to the Basel III capital rules and its impact on the economy. 

The North Carolina-based bank is considering the idea of selling a portion of its securities portfolio as a way to build capital, CEO Bill Rogers said Tuesday. At the end of the third quarter, Truist's securities were worth about 20% less than what the company paid for them.

Plain vanilla deals likely exempt, if equity is not sold to third parties