Joe Adler

The Financial Stability Board's "total loss-absorbing capacity" proposal would require big banks to hold a minimum amount of capital and debt instruments to be used to shoulder the costs of a failure.

WASHINGTON — MetLife has made clear its objection to regulators designating the firm as a "systemically important financial institution," but on Monday the life insurer had the opportunity to air its concerns directly.

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators released a document summarizing their general findings from recent cybersecurity assessments at community-size financial institutions.

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators released a document summarizing their general findings from recent cybersecurity assessments at community-size financial institutions.

The net stable funding ratio issued by global regulators is aimed at ensuring a bank has enough strong liquidity to back its particular lineup of assets.

Policymakers are closing in on developing rules key to ensuring the ability of the government to take over failing behemoths, but the ultimate success of their plan may depend on how fast regulators can act.

The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday issued a final rule establishing common risk management standards for all financial market utilities subject to central bank supervision.

WASHINGTON — Risks posed by rising interest rates are once again a top theme in stress test scenarios released by the Federal Reserve Board on Thursday.

WASHINGTON — Risks posed by rising interest rates are once again a top theme in stress test scenarios released by the Federal Reserve Board on Thursday.

WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve Board and Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday both signed off on an interagency rule requiring securitizers to hold 5% of the credit risk on loans sold to investors.

The risk retention rule unveiled Tuesday was hailed by the industry for its definition of a "qualified residential mortgage," but analysts say a comeback for private-label securitization still faces huge obstacles.

The Federal Reserve Board issued a final rule Friday that will give banks an additional three months to comply with stress test requirements.

A principles document on corporate governance from the international Basel Committee is another sign of supervisors' mounting interest in how management culture affects business decisions.

Federal Reserve Board Gov. Daniel Tarullo said a pending measure requiring large banks to hold enough unsecured debt that can be converted in a resolution will be yet another example of U.S. regulators taking a harder line than the international agreed-to standard.

The Basel Committee is poised to unveil the final version of a new longer-term liquidity measure. Here's why banks are concerned.

The life insurance giant became the second firm to seek an opportunity to contest its designation as "systemic" by the Financial Stability Oversight Council.

Two American Indian tribes so far have failed to prove that New York's top banking regulator exceeded his authority in cracking down on out-of-state payday lenders last year, an appeals court panel ruled this week.

The investigative story alleging weak supervision by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has sent shockwaves through the regulatory community, but whether it will lead to any change of course in policy is still an open question.

Officials sitting on the Basel Committee announced progress on a Net Stable Funding Ratio and other measures being developed by the international regulatory body.

Regulators are developing joint standards for cybersecurity, testing special exam procedures and helping banks assess their own readiness, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Martin Gruenberg said at American Banker's 4th Annual Regulatory Symposium. That's a good thing because community bankers said they need a lot of help.