Joe Adler

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.

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.

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.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Friday named Michael Krimminger, a close aide to Chairman Sheila Bair, as the agency's new general counsel.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Friday named Michael Krimminger, a close aide to Chairman Sheila Bair, as the agency's new general counsel.

Elizabeth Warren, the administration official creating the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has vowed to keep congressional leaders updated on the agency's development.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is expected to finalize on Monday numerous deposit insurance measures and propose new rules to stop risky compensation plans.

Though tech investments help, supervisors are concerned not just about data systems but also about whether bank managers can analyze the information.

Regulators closed four banks late Friday, including the largest based in New Mexico, resulting in over $500 million of losses to the Deposit Insurance Fund.

Regulators closed four banks late Friday, including the largest based in New Mexico, resulting in over $500 million of losses to the Deposit Insurance Fund.

Regulators updated lawmakers Tuesday on preparations for eliminating the Office of Thrift Supervision. The 28-page report was mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act, which requires the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and Federal Reserve Board to take over the OTS' duties by a July 2011 transfer date.

A Treasury official cut mortgage bankers some slack after facing much criticism; House Democrats announced its members for the House Financial Services Committee; and more

WASHINGTON — Regulators gave an update Tuesday on efforts required by the Dodd-Frank Act to crack down on executive pay structures, on the same day they tweaked a rule narrowing the payments available to creditors of failed behemoths.

Regulators Friday closed the $231 million-asset Oglethorpe Bank in Brunswick, Ga., the third failed institution in 2011.

Regulators Friday closed the $231 million-asset Oglethorpe Bank in Brunswick, Ga., the third failed institution in 2011.

With small-business credit still sluggish, policymakers and industry representatives spent much of a Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. forum Thursday debating whether government could find a solution, or was itself part of the problem.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. board is scheduled to move ahead on new resolution powers and discuss executive compensation structures at a meeting Tuesday.

As directors and officers of failed banks brace for FDIC lawsuits, an intense legal battle is developing over accessing files at their former institutions.

ABA's Diane Casey-Landry is stepping down, looking forward to the next step; successor to ABA's No. 2 seat named; revolt against Dodd-Frank Act under way; and more.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has maintained a consistent crisis-response posture — bulking up its manpower, swooping in to resolve failed institutions and standing behind their depositors. But the FDIC will undoubtedly need to pivot in a new direction in 2011.