Stacy Kaper

Elizabeth Warren trumps regulators past and present in pop-culture status; Tim Geithner sings the I'm-not-a-former-banker blues; A new face at the Small Business Administration.

Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., on Monday urged the American Bar Association to lean on law firms to implement the group's new anti-money-laundering guidance.

WASHINGTON — The House Ethics Committee officially laid out three charges of ethical misconduct Monday against Rep. Maxine Waters, a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee, alleging the California Democrat violated standards when she intervened to assist a bank in which her husband held a financial stake.

Barney Frank and Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert square off a second time; FDIC's general counsel to resign after a short stint; Citigroup's mystery service rep; and more.

WASHINGTON — Regardless of whether the allegations of unethical conduct aimed at Rep. Maxine Waters and other members of the House Financial Services Committee hold up, there could be a chilling effect on relations between banks and members of Congress.

Rep. Maxine Waters, a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee, dismissed a House ethics report Monday that called for further investigation into her relationship with a bank that received Troubled Asset Relief Program funds.

Barney Frank in hubbub over senior fare discount; rookie phenom can now commiserate with Ben Bernanke as target of rebuke by Sen. Jim Bunning; Goldman's profanity ban.

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd and Sen. Richard Shelby, the panel's senior Republican, called on President Obama Thursday to appoint a permanent director for the Federal Housing Finance Administration.

WASHINGTON — The Senate Appropriations Committee voted late Thursday to remove an interchange amendment authored by Sen. Dick Durbin. Instead, the panel adopted by voice vote an amendment from Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, that would study whether to require credit card payments accepted at government agencies or corporations like Amtrak to be given the lowest market interchange fee rate available.

WASHINGTON — The House Financial Services Committee agreed late Wednesday to make changes to a bill to establish a covered bond market in order to address some of the concerns raised by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

The Illinois Democrat added an amendment to an appropriations bill that would require credit card payments accepted at government agencies to be given the lowest available market interchange rates, which typically can only be negotiated by large supermarket chains.

The legislation by Rep. Scott Garrett, R-N.J., would establish a regulatory framework for covered bonds, including a regime to handle the failure of a bond issuer.

President Obama's signing of regulatory reform legislation Wednesday signaled the official end of a hard-fought legislative battle but just the beginning of the tougher task of implementing the new law.

President Obama signed into law Wednesday a sweeping overhaul of the nation's financial services system in a widely attended ceremony at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington.

The Senate Banking Committee will hold a security, international trade and finance subcommittee hearing Tuesday on international cooperation in modernizing financial regulation.

President Obama is expected to sign the financial reform bill on Wednesday, according to lobbyists and sources on Capitol Hill.

Bono backs reg reform; hiccups on the final overhaul vote; love fest for Fed board nominees; and more.

Although the Senate finally voted Thursday to send regulatory reform to the president's desk, policy circles are already abuzz about what changes to seek in a "corrections" bill to fix problems with the legislation.

The Senate, 60 to 39, approved the version completed by a conference committee formed last month to reconcile House and Senate versions.

Regulatory reform survived its last significant hurdle Thursday with the Senate moving to block further changes and hold a final vote on the bill.