Consumer Sentiment Improved in October

Legislation to hold social media companies accountable for the scam ads appearing on their platforms would reduce consumer fraud losses by targeting “a key entry point” for the crime, ABA and 52 state bankers associations said in a...

The Office of Foreign Assets Control did not extend a one-month exemption on sanctions for Russian oil exports, which expired on April 11.

The National Credit Union Administration should pause setting up a process through which credit unions can seek approval to issue stablecoins through a subsidiary until the agency has proposed other regulatory safeguards for stablecoin issuers, ABA said in...

The ABA Office of the Chief Economist sees the decline in existing home sales as driven by continued affordability concerns.

The CEA paper minimizes the core risk by starting from the wrong question. There is already ample evidence and analysis showing that a prohibition on yield for payment stablecoins is a prudent safeguard.

The FDIC rescinded a 2023 financial institution letter that had stated that banks’ charging representment nonsufficient funds fees may be a deceptive or unfair practice under section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act.