Loan growth and laxer capital requirements figure to be hot topics during second-quarter earnings season, which starts Tuesday. It's a turnaround from three months ago, when tariff worries were rampant.

Federal banking regulators outlined considerations for safely handling digital assets in a new guidance published Monday, which replaces prior statements on crypto that were withdrawn earlier this year.

In a surprise settlement, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ordered the Texas lender to pay a penalty and compensate for overcharging service members on more than 45,000 loans.

As we enter one of the banking industry's most extreme cycles of deregulation, we should remember it doesn't always work, especially when supervisory police are reduced and consumer protection guardrails are removed, resulting in a high-speed lane for risk-taking banks and nonbanks.

Major nonbank financial trade groups asked Treasury Secretary Bessent to scrap 2023 guidance expanding nonbank designations, citing cost and competitiveness concerns.

A federal judge in Texas dismissed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's medical debt rule and prohibited states from passing their own laws prohibiting medical debt on credit reports.

Connecticut has set strict new rules for EWA providers; Louisiana's regulation is more aligned with existing state laws.

Foisted on the banking industry decades ago, with no formal rulemaking process, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Manual should be eliminated in favor of new rules crafted with the input of relevant stakeholders.

The Federal Reserve Thursday issued a proposal that would allow banks to be considered "well managed" even if they are found to be deficient in their governance and controls.

Jonathan Gould, who's worked in the crypto industry and has advocated for more fintech and crypto-friendly regulation of banks, was confirmed by the Senate Thursday. He is expected to both continue deregulating the banking sector and encouraging bank-fintech partnerships.