Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein today signaled that the Department of Justice is reviewing a policy announced under the Obama administration that sought to increase prosecutions of individuals in corporate wrongdoing cases.

ABA today expressed support for the Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustments Act (H.R. 2954), which would relieve smaller financial institutions from intrusive and ill-suited data reporting requirements.

The Federal Trade Commission today confirmed that it has opened an investigation into the Equifax data breach disclosed last week.

As the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau prepares to implement Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act -- which calls for the bureau to collect data on women-owned, minority-owned and small businesses -- ABA expressed concern today that the data collection will prove unable to fulfill its statutory objectives of providing insight on fair lending and community development needs.

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control today announced sanctions against 11 entities and individuals for support of previously sanctioned Iranian actors and for malicious cyber-crime, including a series of distributed denial of service attacks against U.S. financial institutions.

In a comment letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today, ABA urged the bureau to confirm that it does not intend to test how it may collect complaints from small businesses.

The Consumer Price Index grew 0.4% in August on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. This followed a 0.1% July increase. Much of August’s acceleration can be attributed to higher gasoline prices due to Hurricane Harvey. Over the last 12 months, the all-items index rose 1.9%. Prices for all items less food and energy, the ...

The federal regulatory agencies today proposed amendments to their respective Community Reinvestment Act regulations to address recent changes to Regulation C, which implements the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency estimates that the total cost to the National Flood Insurance Program following Hurricane Harvey could total as much as $11 billion.

Producer prices increased 0.2% in August, seasonally adjusted, after declining 0.1% in July, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Producer prices rose 2.4% for the twelve months ended August 2017. The index for final demand goods advanced 0.5% in August, the largest increase since April. The index for final demand energy led the way, climbing 3.3%. Gasoline prices ...