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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is advising consumers to transfer money stored on nonbank digital payment apps such as PayPal, Venmo and Cash App to insured banks and credit unions.

The title insurer was the third of the big four companies to come to an agreement with New York Attorney General Letitia James in an ongoing investigation.

Silicon Valley Bank and its customers favored the simplicity and convenience of eschewing deposit insurance coverage despite the risks. Some experts say regulators' decision to make depositors whole might be sending the industry the wrong message.

Companies with websites are working through privacy requirements and to be web compliant.

The closely watched case — which goes to the heart of how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau operates — could have a huge impact on consumers, the agency and the many industries it oversees and those it seeks to regulate.

Regulators are bringing enforcement cases while also proposing wider changes that would alter the industry for years to come. The scrutiny covers pricing discrimination, products that make car purchases more expensive and lenders' handling of repossessions.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s Office of Inspector General found a number of weaknesses in the agency's cyber risk examination program.

Bank regulators should heed the Treasury Department's call to embrace cutting-edge tools for credit scoring.

Risk mitigation service prevents costly litigation.

The Senate voted to confirm Martin Gruenberg as chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., Travis Hill as its vice chairman and Jonathan McKernan to join the agency's board.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. also approved the advance notice of proposed rulemaking for large-bank resolvability requirements and made some changes to its process for banks to appeal supervisory decisions.

The bank regulators said they are open to all possibilities as they sought input on potential changes to resolution policies for large regional banks, but that hasn't stopped policy specialists from reading between the lines.

Partisan politics is playing a larger role in public finance, flaring up into bickering more often than in the past.

The Biden administration has selected Travis Hill, formerly Jelena McWilliams' policy chief, for the No. 2 spot on the board of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

A piece of legislation cleared the House this week that would allow for so-called "desktop appraisals" on properties financed by government-backed veteran loans.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. issued the letters ordering the companies to stop making false or misleading representations of deposit insurance.

The model law establishes regulatory standards for the pet insurance industry.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said that digital marketers involved in the development of content strategy can be liable for "unfair, deceptive or abusive acts or practices."