The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will conduct supervisory exams of nonbank fintech companies that pose risks to consumers as Director Rohit Chopra seeks to level the regulatory playing field with supervised banks.

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeal split hairs and said each allegation must be examined to see whether it was not covered by the National Mortgage Settlement.

The guidance follows similar instructions laid out by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency late last year.

Esther George, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, says changes in the office sector and monetary policy pose potential risks to property owners and their lenders.

Home prices have increased at their fastest rate since the mid-2000s housing boom and driven skyrocketing inflation. Fed Gov. Christopher Waller says lenders are better prepared for a shock than in 2007 but still need to be monitored — especially nonbank lenders.

Banking and credit union regulators are expected to respond to a White House call to root out discrimination in the predominantly white appraisal business. They will likely step up enforcement and data collection, reclaiming authority long ceded to the industry's governing body.

During his March Federal Open Market Committee meeting press conference, acting Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the Fed's supervision and regulatory panel was no longer active and key decisions about stress tests and bank mergers were being handled by the full board.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. reported a spike in troubled assets, suggesting a fairly large bank may be under heightened scrutiny. But confidentiality rules make it impossible to confirm any details.

The company has filed a lawsuit against the banking commissioner for threatening to end its partnership with a bank that enables consumer loans to exceed the state’s 36% interest rate cap. OppFi’s argument: Its bank partner is the true lender.

The long-awaited Community Reinvestment Act reform plan is likely to address climate change and bank partnerships with nonbank lenders, while also taking into account the shrinking number of U.S. bank branches, government officials said Monday.