Stacy Kaper

On the same day the two contenders to lead the House Financial Services Committee were slated to give their pitch to the Republican Steering Committee, dueling letters of support surfaced for Rep. Ed Royce of California and Rep. Spencer Bachus of Alabama.

WASHINGTON — Rep. Randy Neugebauer, R-Texas, is gearing up to play a leading role on the House Financial Services Committee next year — to ensure that regulators do not overstep their bounds while implementing the Dodd-Frank Act and to push for the privatization of the government-sponsored enterprises.

Rep. Maxine Waters of California tore into the House Ethics Committee on Monday for delaying her hearing to investigate allegations she acted improperly when she intervened in 2008 to help a bank in which her husband held a financial stake.

The Republican Steering Committee is expected this week to decide who will lead the House Financial Services Committee.

Nicholas Calio, Citigroup Inc.'s head of global government relations since 2003, is leaving the company to run the Air Transport Association.

WASHINGTON — Frank Keating pledged Tuesday to take a bipartisan approach as the next head of the American Bankers Association, dismissed concerns about a past scandal from his former career as Oklahoma governor as "unfair" and touted his experience with issues relevant to mortgage securitization and the Bank Secrecy Act.

The American Bankers Association is set to imminently announce that it has chosen former Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating to succeed Edward Yingling as president and chief executive officer next year.

Palin wades into House Financial Services Committee chairmanship race, disparages frontrunner Bachus; the ICBA gets animated; Fed savaged by animated bears.

In the race to chair the House Financial Services Committee, Rep. Ed Royce received an unexpected boost from a spat between his challenger and Tea Party icon Sarah Palin.

Lawmakers noted that this was not the first time that agency heads had come before them acknowledging they were caught flat-footed but were now focused on the problem

A group of House Democrats -- including Reps. Barney Frank and Brad Miller -- are calling on regulators to conduct another round of stress tests due to foreclosure irregularities.

Rep. Jeb Hensarling, the ranking Republican on the House Financial Services Committee's financial institutions subcommittee, was elected chairman of the Republican Conference on Wednesday.

Mortgage servicers, prepare to be grilled by Maxine Waters; licensing challenges motivate LendingTree to acquire a brick-and-mortar lender; and more.

Rep. Melissa Bean, a key moderate on the House Financial Services Committee, refuted rumors she is a candidate to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

At a hearing in which protestors attempted to shout down a witness from JPMorgan Chase & Co. as he testified on ongoing foreclosure problems, lawmakers were clearly worried that there were still more damaging revelations to come.

In their first week back since the midterm elections, lawmakers are taking up the robo-signing scandal in multiple venues.

Chris Dodd says he has no regrets about his decision not to run for re-election; fellow House members battle for the chairman post of the Republican Conference.

Rep. Ed Royce clearly sees himself as a stronger leader at a critical time for his party and the financial services industry.

Two different interpretations of this week's historic midterm elections emerged, with both sides competing to say how the vote would impact the financial services world.

Sen. Tim Johnson, who is expected to chair the Senate Banking Committee next year, said Wednesday that the GOP's victory in the House was not likely to hurt his agenda.