Joe Adler is the former Washington Bureau Chief of American Banker.
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A top Fed official said Monday that better stress tests could prevent managers from over-relying on the kind of "financial myths" that helped drive the 2008 crisis.
February 28 - Illinois
WASHINGTON — Regulators seized the $124 million-asset Valley Community Bank in St. Charles, Ill., late Friday in the 23rd bank failure of the year.
February 28 -
Rep. Maxine Waters says $20B would be too small a penalty for erring mortgage servicers; Barney Frank praises a GOP colleague in the fight to contain the financial crisis; and more.
February 25 -
WASHINGTON — Regulators seized the $124 million-asset Valley Community Bank in St. Charles, Ill., late Friday in the 23rd bank failure of the year.
February 25 -
House Republicans are taking aim at four of the administration's foreclosure-prevention programs, arguing that they have failed to help many homeowners and are a waste of time and money.
February 24 -
How you assess the banking industry's health from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s latest earnings report may depend on which page you turn to.
February 23 -
A sharp drop in the level of loan loss provisions helped the banking industry earn $21.7 billion in the fourth quarter, the second highest quarterly total in more than three years, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Wednesday.
February 23 -
Dodd-Frank contains a series of ambitious deadlines requiring regulators to complete 170 or so new rules by July. But it's become clear the agencies are going to miss many targets.
February 22 -
The former management of a Denver thrift is suing federal regulators over its seizure last month, saying the agencies closed it while it was still a viable institution and arguing it should be reopened.
February 21 -
The former management of a Denver thrift is suing federal regulators over its seizure last month, saying the agencies closed it while it was still a viable institution and arguing it should be reopened.
February 18 -
Four failed-bank deals announced Friday evening marked another successful night for private equity.
February 13 -
Four failed-bank deals announced Friday evening marked another successful night for private equity.
February 11 -
Chris Dodd is in talks to lead film industry lobby group; Barney Frank rebuts an FCIC report that claims the Massachusetts congressman supported failed housing policies; and more.
February 11 -
Two deputies were named in the FDIC's Office of Complex Financial Institutions, while three staff positions were announced in the Division of Depositor and Consumer Protection.
February 11 -
Two deputies were named in the FDIC's Office of Complex Financial Institutions, while three staff positions were announced in the agency's Division of Depositor and Consumer Protection.
February 11 -
A Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. proposal would require some bank employees to receive training in deposit insurance. Employees who open new accounts would receive computer-based instruction about insurance rules for different account types.
February 8 -
A top Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. official said former managers can gain access to failed-bank documents "where appropriate" but not in a way that imperils customer privacy.
February 8 -
While banks are likely to object to proposed regulatory restrictions on executive pay, the plan unveiled Monday to discourage risky pay structures could have gone a lot farther.
February 7 -
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Friday named Michael Krimminger, a close aide to Chairman Sheila Bair, as the agency's new general counsel.
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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Friday named Michael Krimminger, a close aide to Chairman Sheila Bair, as the agency's new general counsel.
February 4
