Joe Adler

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Sheila Bair said the crisis stemmed in large part from "disengaged" and shortsighted executives whose activities "sowed the seeds" of their institutions' failures.

Four years after it began charging risk-based premiums, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is set to revamp them again for the largest institutions.

Despite ardent opposition from community banks, the FDIC on Wednesday followed through on a new set of guidelines aimed at curbing abuse of automated overdraft programs.

Despite ardent opposition from community banks, the FDIC on Wednesday followed through on a new set of guidelines aimed at curbing abuse of automated overdraft programs.

A pullback in reserves helped drive another solid profit for banks and thrifts last quarter, but the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s assessment of the industry's health Tuesday was tempered by mortgage fallout concerns.

Institutions had registered slight growth in reported assets in the first quarter, but the FDIC said that was due to new reporting rules taking effect.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is to present its third-quarter portrayal of the industry's health on Tuesday.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has chosen nine banks for a pilot study on accounts targeting low-income users.

In the absence of global resolution rules, a hard-to-pronounce buzzword has crept into the debate on winding down big banks: subsidiarization.

Two failures in Georgia and another in Arizona late Friday cost the Deposit Insurance Fund about $204 million.

Two failures in Georgia and another in Arizona late Friday cost the Deposit Insurance Fund about $204 million.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has finalized implementation of temporary blanket coverage for non-interest-bearing transaction accounts.

In September, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision announced new standards to raise required common equity ratios to 7% by 2019, and have regulators implement the new capital rules by 2013.

WASHINGTON — The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. proposed a raft of assessment changes Tuesday that would likely hit big banks hardest. The key reform is a shift from using domestic deposits for calculating premiums to using assets minus capital.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. board released a plan Tuesday that would require banks to pay premiums based on their average assets minus tangible equity — a figure roughly equal to their total liabilities — instead of domestic deposits.

The FDIC is set to make a massive change to the way it calculates premiums, releasing a proposal Tuesday that would force banks to pay assessments based on total liabilities.

Regulators met with officials from large banks Thursday to discuss the "living wills" behemoths must develop under the Dodd-Frank law.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is set to unveil changes Tuesday in how it sets deposit insurance assessments. Among the changes is a new assessment method required by the Dodd-Frank law.

Of the 42 Democrats on the panel, 11 lost their reelection races, defeated in a wave of anti-incumbent sentiment and growing dissatisfaction with the state of the economy.

Mitchell Glassman, the director of the FDIC's division of resolutions and receiverships, is leaving after more than 35 years at the agency. Deputy director James Wigand will take over as the acting director.