Joe Adler

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is expected today to discuss the status of its nearly yearlong program to guarantee bank liquidity destabilized by the crisis.

WASHINGTON — In the week after the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. eased its stringent private-equity proposal, firms appear wary but ready to bid on failed banks again.

Government watchdogs have issued two more reports criticizing federal banking regulators' oversight of failed banks.

A Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. release Monday featured tips for consumers on navigating new credit card and mortgage rules, and how best to utilize bank reward programs.

WASHINGTON — Three banks totaling $1.9 billion in assets failed late Friday, bringing the year's closure total to 84.

WASHINGTON — Burned by failures of newly chartered banks, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. extended on Friday the period of time a new institution is classified as "de novo" and subjected them to tougher supervisory requirements.

Despite widespread optimism about the broader economy, a regulatory report out Thursday showed that the banking industry remains deep in crisis.

The number of problem banks jumped by 36% in the second quarter, hitting 416, while assets held by such banks also saw a whopping increase, rising 36% to $300 billion, the FDIC said Thursday.

After dialing back some of its most onerous requirements, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. board issued final guidelines Wednesday dictating restrictions on private-equity investors that buy failing banks.

The FDIC is expected to dilute its policy on private-equity bank investments significantly, but sources said exact details remained in flux ahead of a scheduled board meeting this afternoon.

Deborah Matz, a former credit union executive and Clinton administration official, was sworn in Monday as the chairman of the National Credit Union Administration.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is to give a progress report Thursday on the industry's efforts to make profits amid still-volatile conditions.

The growing number of failures this year — now more than three times their total for all of 2008 — has pushed the chances of a second special deposit insurance premium to a near certainty.

WASHINGTON — Following the largest failure of the year, and the collapse of a small mutual in Pennsylvania, regulators shut three western banks late Friday ...

WASHINGTON — Following the largest failure of the year, and the collapse of a small mutual in Pennsylvania, regulators shut three western banks late Friday, bringing the year's failure total to 77.

Just days after federal authorities launched a probe of alleged accounting irregularities at Colonial BancGroup Inc., its $25 billion-asset bank collapsed Friday.

Just days after federal authorities launched a probe of alleged accounting irregularities at Colonial BancGroup Inc., its $25 billion-asset bank collapsed Friday.

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A coordinated effort to save a small Pittsburgh mutual, which had fallen victim to fraud, failed late Friday as it was taken over by regulators.

A coordinated effort to save a small Pittsburgh mutual, which had fallen victim to fraud, failed late Friday as it was taken over by regulators.