The National Flood Insurance Program is set to lapse on July 31. Here's what bankers can do to prepare.

When it comes to banking, Laurie Stewart has seen it all. She started her career as a teller at a regional thrift; later, she worked as a bank examiner, and more recently, she served as chief executive of a credit union, a mutual bank and a commercial bank.

In a recent letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, more than 100 bankers from across the country called on the bureau to revise the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure rule to exempt single-family residential construction loans from onerous disclosure requirements that have created confusion for consumers and caused many banks to exit the market.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, FDIC and OCC today each issued statements acknowledging the partial exemptions granted under S. 2155 -- the new regulatory reform law -- for certain Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data reporting requirements for some insured depository institutions and credit unions.

Mortgages are often siloed within the bank—resulting in inefficiencies and missed opportunities.

By a bipartisan 86-11, the Senate today passed its version the 2018 farm bill.

The text of the regulation alone is not enough to understand the full scope of our responsibilities for flood compliance.

The number of home loans backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that are 60 days or more past due dropped from 1.6 percent to 1.4 percent at the end of the first quarter, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s foreclosure prevention report released today.

Mentoring programs and community connections help increase commercial real estate lending competence.

In a move long sought by ABA, the Department of Housing and Urban Development is formally seeking public comment on whether its rule implementing the Fair Housing Act's discriminatory effects standard is consistent with the Supreme Court decision in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project.