Trump directs agencies to ease federal marijuana restrictions

The FDIC released guidance with steps intended to provide regulatory relief to financial institutions and facilitate recovery in areas of Hawaii affected by an earthquake in May.

A coalition of 49 state attorneys general expressed support for the Federal Communications Commission’s Robocall Mitigation Database proposal while urging the agency to require better vetting of the information that telecommunications providers submit.

A proposed accounting standards update on mortgage servicing rights needs several revisions to avoid unintended consequences, ABA said in a letter to the Financial Accounting Standards Board.

The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index declined 0.1 point to 97.8 in September, slightly below the 53-year average of 98, the National Federation of Independent Business said.

Total household debt increased by $334 billion, or 1.8%, in the third quarter to $19.1 trillion, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said in its Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit.

A federal appeals court has narrowed the scope of a pair of California laws that require companies, including financial institutions, to report greenhouse gas emissions and climate risks.