Joe Adler

With profits rising to a "post-crisis high," the FDIC says loan balances fell in the first quarter. But with banks selling off loans and balances affected by seasonal factors, the direction of lending growth is unclear.

WASHINGTON – Four Democratic senators and Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden unveiled a bill Tuesday to offer more credit relief for military families.

The FDIC has been in talks with the Bank of England since before Dodd-Frank about coordinating resolution regimes. But the 'London Whale' episode further highlights just how much risk is shared by the two transatlantic partners.

WASHINGTON — The big question following JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s now-notorious derivative trade is whether it would have been permitted under the so-called 'Volcker Rule.' But the answer is clear cut to an advocacy group that has led calls for regulatory restrictions after the 2008 crisis.

Jon Rymer, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s chief watchdog, will temporarily run the Securities and Exchange's inspector general office while the SEC seeks a permanent watchdog, according to a person familiar with the situation.

Lawmakers hear of unintended consequences from shared-equity transactions designed to dispose of excess failed-bank assets.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. will give its next update on the health of the banking industry on May 24.

The bureau is still the lead agency, but Dodd-Frank's ban on certain harmful practices known as UDAAP could give other agencies a significant role through their enforcement authority over community banks.

Michael Krimminger had served as a top deputy to Sheila Bair during the Financial Crisis.

As Paul Volcker and Tom Hoenig address government's policies for handling interconnected firms, Ohio Sen. Brown introduces bill to strengthen caps on an institution's liabilities.

With Volcker and Hoenig scheduled to speak on TBTF policies, Ohio Sen. Brown introduces bill to strengthen caps on an institution's liabilities.

Paul Nash, a former lobbyist, will advise the new comptroller after heading FDIC's legislative operations during run-up to Dodd-Frank.

A mock news story this past week from the satirical paper The Onion imagines a new talking credit-card product that encourages consumer purchases with the power of the human voice.

WASHINGTON — On the heaviest night of bank closures this year, regulators across four states shuttered a total of five institutions, bringing the year’s failure total to 22 and costing the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. more than $270 million.

"White paper" by Hawke and Litan says institutions do not get the same "value" out of their exams following the crisis as they did before the crisis.

Jesse Villarreal Jr., one of the top officials who served at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. during Sheila Bair's term as chairman, has joined Banco Santander as the head of its U.S. government relations team.

The FDIC's crisis-era guarantee of unsecured debt had a stabilizing effect, and unlike Treasury's capital infusions in banks the so-called TLGP skirted a lot of the bad publicity associated with the bailout. With its end approaching, some see the debt guarantee as a model for future crises.

A program unveiled by two federal agencies Tuesday will allow banks to provide more than just loans to aspiring small-business owners.

In inaugural meeting for directors Hoenig and Norton, agency's staff outlined further reductions in projected losses from bank failures.

For differing reasons, parties in at least two cases are seeking appeals courts to weigh in on so-called "business judgment" rules, which would have a significant effect on FDIC lawsuits against bankers at failed institutions.