Joe Adler is the former Washington Bureau Chief of American Banker.
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Patterns in the private student-lending industry are dangerously similar to those seen in the housing market prior to its collapse, according to a study expected to be released Friday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
By Joe AdlerJuly 20 -
Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry is trying to create a tougher, more ethical agency, he testified Tuesday on Capitol Hill.
By Joe AdlerJuly 17 -
Compliance chiefs at other banks should roll video of a Senate panel's grilling of HSBC executives about anti-money-laundering failures when they want to demonstrate the consequences of mismanaging risk.
By Joe AdlerJuly 17 -
A final rule places credit reporting agencies under the bureau's nonbank supervision program as part of its "larger participant" powers.
By Joe AdlerJuly 16 -
Regulators late Friday seized the $24.8 million-asset Glasgow Savings Bank in Glasgow, Mo.
By Joe AdlerJuly 13 -
WASHINGTON — Twelve Democratic senators have called for a U.S. investigation into any role banks and regulators may have played in the scandal over the London Interbank Offered Rate.
By Joe AdlerJuly 12 -
Banks are allowed to pass on costs related to FDIC premiums, but the agency is warning the industry that expressly designating an 'FDIC fee' has consequences.
By Joe AdlerJuly 12 -
Members of the GOP-controlled House once again debated the impact — and potential pitfalls — of a section of the Dodd-Frank Act, with the subject du jour concerning so-called QM regulation.
By Joe AdlerJuly 11 -
Senate Banking Committee chairman raises concerns about growing scandal and says lawmakers may question top U.S. officials on the matter later this month.
By Joe AdlerJuly 10 -
FDIC loss-sharing deals are significantly down this year as failures get smaller, bidders become more competitive and the economic situation improves.
By Joe AdlerJuly 2 -
The CFPB finalized a rule Thursday that seeks to ensure that information banks give the bureau through supervision retains attorney-client privilege.
By Joe AdlerJune 28 -
Dodd-Frank-required study finds borrowers are younger and seniors are increasingly taking out bigger loans.
By Joe AdlerJune 28 -
The FDIC's Thomas Hoenig said on a Bloomberg radio program that directors with an appearance of conflicts should relinquish seats on Fed bank boards. The remarks follow others' calls for JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon to give up his board seat.
By Joe AdlerJune 27 -
WASHINGTON — Bankers' banks have joined the list of supporters for an extension of the transaction account guarantee program, which provides unlimited deposit insurance for noninterest bearing checking accounts.
By Joe AdlerJune 26 -
Thousands of pages will soon arrive in Washington in the first round of living wills for systemically important firms. Many observers say these initial drafts could shape future standards and determine the wills' effectiveness in ending "too big to fail."
By Joe AdlerJune 25 -
Following Dodd-Frank mandate, the OCC broadens the applicability for limits on an exposure to one person, and streamlines how limits apply to banks and thrifts.
By Joe AdlerJune 20 -
The consumer bureau announced who will be serving as counselor to the CFPB director, general counsel and ombudsman, among other positions.
By Joe AdlerJune 20 -
As Comptroller Curry discloses concerns about JPMorgan Chase's risk management, lawmakers continue their debates over agency funding, derivatives oversight and other issues of the reform effort.
By Joe AdlerJune 19 -
Private-sector watchdog for FSOC launches with goal of moving regulators in the direction of quicker rules to implement Dodd-Frank.
By Joe AdlerJune 18 -
The constant criticism from Congress just makes the rulemaking process longer without adding much to the debate.
By Joe AdlerJune 14

