Tag: Finance

The Supreme Court ended its 2013-14 term with the most unanimous rulings and fewest split decisions in decades, suggesting at first glance an easing of the sharp and often bitter ideological divisions between the justices in recent years.

Beltway Confidential

Judge protects us from ‘protection’ bureau

John Berlau · June 24, 2018 4:00 am

Wells Fargo says political views played no role in its decision to close the campaign account of a Florida candidate who supports medical marijuana.

Wells Fargo cuts mortgage jobs as Southeastern housing market softens

James Langford · June 22, 2018 9:58 pm

This Jan. 4, 2018, file photo shows the interior of the New York Stock Exchange. The U.S. stock market opens at 9:30 a.m. EDT on Friday, June 22.

Energy and Environment

US stocks finish mostly higher as energy companies climb

Associated Press · June 22, 2018 8:48 pm

The headquarters of the Federal Reserve Bank is seen at sunrise in Washington Saturday, May 24, 2008. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Fed tests find banks would be in good shape even in another crisis

Joseph Lawler · June 21, 2018 8:31 pm

Energy and Environment

States create ‘green banks’ to push renewable energy

John Siciliano · June 19, 2018 4:01 am

New cryptocurrencies seek stability, but should they be regulated?

Steven Nelson · June 19, 2018 4:00 am

Credit union boss: Banking bill was just the start

Joseph Lawler · June 19, 2018 4:00 am

FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, file photo, budget director Mick Mulvaney testifies before the Senate Budget Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, on President Donald Trump's fiscal year 2019 budget proposal. Documents obtained by The Associated Press show that Mulvaney, Trump's appointee to oversee the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has given big pay raises to the deputies he hired to help him run the bureau.

Trump picks budget aide to replace Mulvaney as CFPB head

Joseph Lawler · June 16, 2018 10:30 pm

Wells Fargo agreed to a $1 billion settlement over auto- and mortgage-lending practices, and its growth has been capped by the Federal Reserve.

Judge OKs Wells Fargo’s $142 million settlement in fake-accounts suit

James Langford · June 15, 2018 6:24 pm

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks to the media after the Federal Open Market Committee meeting.

Fed finalizes rule limiting big banks’ exposure to each other

Joseph Lawler · June 14, 2018 7:16 pm

Joseph M. Otting speaks after his swearing in ceremony as comptroller of the currency, at the Treasury Department on Nov. 27, 2017 in Washington.

Top Trump bank regulator angers Democrats by downplaying lending discrimination

Joseph Lawler · June 14, 2018 4:07 pm

Mick Mulvaney, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, testifies before the Senate Budget Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

CFPB says it is investigating companies under Mick Mulvaney

Joseph Lawler · June 12, 2018 9:46 pm