Joe Adler

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Sheila Bair said the FDIC may shelve its use of rating agencies in setting insurance premiums for large banks.

"The Daily Show" last week took a look at the biggest banks' sensitive side.

The government seized banks in three states late Friday, bringing the failure total in the new year to four.

Federal Reserve Board Vice Chairman Donald Kohn will be among the speakers Jan. 29 at a Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. conference on interest rate risk.

The government seized banks in three states late Friday, bringing the failure total in the new year to four.

Though credit availability is expected to pick up this year, it will be a slow improvement, a group of senior bank economists said Friday.

Though credit availability is expected to pick up this year, it will be a slow improvement, a group of senior bank economists said Friday.

TV host Jon Stewart takes big banks to task on precrisis bonus payments; former Wachovia director joins U.S. Bancorp; ICBA chief starts community banking blog.

As the Senate Banking Committee mulls taking away the Federal Reserve Board's bank supervisory powers, the central bank outlined its arguments for keeping the job.

WASHINGTON — The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. unveiled its plans Tuesday to tie bank compensation practices to premium assessments, but the agency's outside directors made it clear they oppose the idea.

A new round of watchdog reports says the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. could have been tougher in regulating three community banks that later closed.

Friday brought the first failure of the year as Horizon Bank in Bellingham, Wash., was closed by state regulators.

Friday brought the first failure of the year as Horizon Bank in Bellingham, Wash., was closed by state regulators.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. announced a third deal in which it provided financing for the sale of failed-bank assets.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. announced a third deal in which it provided financing for the sale of failed-bank assets.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. plans to issue a proposal Tuesday that would add specific types of compensation programs to the list of risk factors that determine a bank's assessment rate, according to sources.

The agenda for the meeting of the FDIC's board includes an advance notice of proposed rulemaking on "employee compensation."

With rock-bottom interest rates expected to begin rising soon, regulators and industry representatives are increasingly concerned about institutions' ability to weather a boomerang effect on their funding costs.

Midsize institutions had the biggest deposit growth in the year ended June 30, and the industry overall added branches at a slower pace than in 2008, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Wednesday.

A week after blasting the "fat cats" at large banks who don't understand why the public resents them, President Obama took a decidedly different tack Tuesday at a meeting with a dozen community bankers.