To provide educators with a unified set of national standards to teach personal finance in K-12 schools, the Council for Economic Education and the JumpStart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy jointly released a new benchmarking document.
Top economists from the largest U.S. banks expect credit conditions to continue improving for both consumers and businesses over the next six months, according to ABA’s Credit Conditions Outlook released today.
In a recent report, the PCAOB noted ongoing deficiencies in the auditing of loan losses and an increase over 2019 in deficiencies, specifically on the related internal controls auditing.
Bankers across the country will bring financial education to teens and young adults nationwide this year as part of the American Bankers Association’s Get Smart About Credit initiative, which is sponsored by Ally Financial, Citi, U.S. Bank and Wells Fargo.
In a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen today, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) called for more details on the updated information reporting proposal that was announced yesterday.
In a joint statement today, the federal and state banking regulators emphasized that supervised institutions are expected to continue to transition away from Libor ahead of the scheduled Dec. 31, 2021 sunset of several Libor tenors.
Economic activity grew at a modest to moderate rate from August to early October, but in some parts of the country growth slowed due to supply chain disruptions, labor shortages and uncertainty around the Delta variant of COVID-19, according to the Federal Reserve’s seventh Beige Book release of the year. The report was based on information collected through Oct. 8.
Synthetic identity fraud, where fraudsters create an artificial identity out of multiple pieces of real and fabricated data, resulted in $20 billion in losses for U.S. banks and financial institutions in 2020, according to a new report from software company FiVerity.
In remarks at an industry event in Washington today, Acting FinCEN Director Himamauli Das addressed the growing threat of ransomware.
Sen. John Tester (D-Mont.) this week expressed hesitation about the Biden administration’s nominee, Saule Omarova, to serve as the next comptroller of the currency.