The rule affects compliance, operations, IT, investors, and anyone else involved in the mortgage loan environment.

The OCC yesterday announced revisions to its guidelines on recovery planning for the large financial institutions it regulates. Specifically, the agency has increased the threshold at which banks are covered by the guidance from $50 billion to $250 billion, and it has decreased the time within which a bank should comply with the guidelines from 18 to 12 months. The ...

The federal banking agencies today issued a final rule implementing a provision in the S. 2155 regulatory reform bill that make qualifying banks with up to $3 billion in assets eligible for an 18-month on-site exam cycle.

The financial regulatory agencies today issued a proposed rule to implement a section of the S. 2155 regulatory reform law that grants an exemption from the Volcker Rule for community banks.

Key regulatory changes and business trends will drive bank mergers and acquisitions in 2019, two top bank deal lawyers say on the latest episode of the ABA Banking Journal Podcast.

Look for 2019 bank mergers to be driven by large deals in metro markets, smaller banks on the buy side and de novo groups acquiring rural banks.

With a powerful personal story and real-world banking experience, Jelena McWilliams is shaking up the FDIC.

In a live interview on Bloomberg today, ABA President and CEO Rob Nichols outlined three key policy priorities that ABA is looking to in 2019.

As financial regulators consider the treatment of high-volatility commercial real estate under the S. 2155 regulatory reform law, the American Bankers Association in a comment letter today urged the agencies to reconsider applying the proposed 150 percent weighting to loans that fall under the statutory “HVCRE ADC” definition.

In an American Banker op-ed today, the American Bankers Association called on Congress and the FDIC to reconsider existing brokered deposits rules and regulations and modernize them so that consumers can continue interacting their bank in the manner of their choosing.