Joe Adler

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s advisory committee on economic inclusion will hold its seventh meeting Thursday since it was formed in March 2007.

The failure of yet another voluntary plan to rework mortgages is likely to renew a push for bankruptcy reform and other measures to force lenders to compromise with borrowers.

With the government's policy on private-equity deals still a work in progress, the FDIC found an alternative last week for resolving certain types of failures.

WASHINGTON — In one fell swoop, regulators seized a $2.8 billion-asset Georgia banking company and its six subsidiaries and sold them off to another bank in the state. The six failures, along with one earlier in the evening in New York State, brought the year’s total to 64. Since June 26, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has handled 24 failures, averaging almost five a week.

Treasury official gets rough reception from ABA over reg reform plan; Sen. Bunning continues criticism of central bank; Sen. Durbin questions ICBA's independence.

Citing problems with the White House loan-modification plan, Democrats said Thursday that it was time to reconsider bringing back mortgage bankruptcy reform.

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke called for more workouts to repair commercial real estate loans, like the modifications officials have urged for home loans.

A Government Accountability Office report urged regulators to evaluate whether new Basel II reforms will truly fix the capital inadequacies highlighted ...

A New York hedge fund investor who had assisted in the deal for failed IndyMac Bank is claiming that proposed restrictions on private-equity investments could hurt the thrift's chances to grow.