Joe Adler

The federal bank agencies released final guidelines Wednesday urging better management of liquidity risk.

More than a year after the massive bank bailout started, officials announced the first fraud case Monday against an executive charged with trying to game the government's help.

WASHINGTON — The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is dusting off yet another tactic originated during the savings and loan crisis for dealing with its current failure load.

WASHINGTON — The government closed state-chartered banks in New York, Florida and Louisiana late Friday to bring the year’s failure tally to 30.

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WASHINGTON — The government closed state-chartered banks in New York, Florida and Louisiana late Friday to bring the year's failure tally to 30.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. extended its temporary protection for securitized assets from failed-bank seizures to Sept. 30.

WASHINGTON — A bill to end private lenders' role in government guaranteed student lending — assumed to be on its way to quick enactment — has suddenly become a hotly contested debate.

The Federal Reserve Board gave the $200 million-asset Horizon Bank a narrow time frame to raise capital or find a buyer.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Sheila Bair said past regulatory policies helped encourage arbitrage by institutions, which in turn contributed to the recent crisis.

Regulators issued joint guidelines that reminded banks to be vigilant in verifying the identity of customers that use shell account holders.

Institutions in Florida, Illinois, Maryland and Utah failed Friday, bringing the year's total to 26. The failed banks held combined assets of roughly $1.1 billion and their resolution is expected to cost the Deposit Insurance Fund more than $300 million.

Institutions in Florida, Illinois, Maryland and Utah failed Friday, bringing the year's total to 26. The failed banks held combined assets of roughly $1.1 billion and their resolution is expected to cost the Deposit Insurance Fund more than $300 million.

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Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Sheila Bair confirmed plans to lengthen the temporary exemption for securitizations from failed-bank seizures.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s chief watchdog recommended improvements in the agency's loan-modification program to align it more with the administration's program for workouts.

WASHINGTON — Amid criticism over the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s proposal to restrict a safe harbor for securitized assets at failed banks, the agency is likely to announce soon that it will temporarily extend an April 1 deadline to protect all such assets from seizure.

An appeals court has temporarily thrown out a lower court's decision blocking a Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. order against Advanta Bank.

Near-zero interest rates won't last forever, and regulators are warning banks - particularly those that added long-term assets using short-term funds - to take steps to manage their risk

A Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. plan to restrict securitizations is drawing intense opposition from bankers, who claim it would damage the secondary market. In a December proposal, the agency said it was considering imposing conditions to protect securitized assets from FDIC seizure after a bank failure, including a "skin in the game" requirement, a minimum hold period for underlying loans and limits on the number of tranches.