Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr outlined the changes he and other regulators would like to see to the capital reform plan, including largely excluding banks with less than $250 billion of assets.

Prophecies about a wave of bank failures caused by sickly CRE loans haven't yet come true. But there are still plenty of caution signs in a saga that will take years to play out.

Patrick Harker, the longest serving regional reserve bank president, will leave office in June 2025. Directors at the Fed bank have started the search for his replacement.

Home Loan bank executives said Congress would have to pass a law for the system to increase its affordable housing contribution above 10% of earnings.

The Federal Reserve finalized its capital requirements for large banks Wednesday based on June's stress test outcomes.

The interagency Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity initiative, which was tasked by the Biden administration with rooting out bias in home valuations, appears to have run its course. But experts say it could be years before the group's efforts bear fruit.

Four companies are fighting CFPB enforcement actions by claiming the agency cannot be funded by the Federal Reserve, which has not been profitable since 2022. The consumer bureau calls the new legal theory "meritless."

A bipartisan group of ex-inspectors general is pushing Senate leaders to quickly confirm Christy Goldsmith Romero to chair the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. despite scheduling delays and the upcoming election.

The change in medical debt reporting initiated by the three credit bureaus did not go far enough as 15 million Americans are still impacted, the groups led by the National Consumer Law Center said.

The Treasury, CFPB and Federal Trade Commission are joining forces to warn consumers about predatory practices in financing solar energy panels.