Steven Sloan

A Federal Reserve Board policy that freed financial institutions to lend to affiliates during the crisis was allowed to expire on Friday.

A Federal Reserve Board policy that freed financial institutions to lend to affiliates during the crisis was allowed to expire on Friday.

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The findings from the Fed's latest "horizontal review" of industry practices — this time, focusing on compensation — will not be made public, a departure from earlier this year.

The findings from the Fed's latest "horizontal review" of industry practices — this time, focusing on compensation — will not be made public, a departure from earlier this year.

The Federal Home Loan banks began reporting third-quarter earnings Thursday, with three posting multimillion-dollar losses.

For all the invective directed at the Federal Reserve Board over the financial crisis, the central bank still emerged as the big winner under draft legislation to rein in systemic risk.

The Federal Reserve Board used its prompt corrective action powers Tuesday on SolutionsBank of Overland Park, Kan., after deeming it undercapitalized.

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank introduced a revised draft bill late Tuesday that would give the Federal Reserve Board the power to oversee systemically important companies, but beef up a proposed interagency council to advise the central bank.

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Though the Fed's proposed guidance governing executive compensation could potentially affect thousands of banks in all corners of the U.S., the true test of its success will probably be determined by whether it actually changes the way bankers are paid.

Most financial institutions would need to review compensation standards for its executives under proposed guidance released Thursday by the Federal Reserve Board.

Though a speedy implementation of new credit card rules could help consumers, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke told a top House Republican that companies need time to comply with the standards.

Despite renewed optimism about financial markets, a Federal Reserve Board study released Wednesday noted big hurdles remain in real estate and financial services.

WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Board Gov. Daniel Tarullo said Wednesday that limiting government protection to depository institutions or slashing the size of banks would do little to address problems posed by companies considered "too big to fail."

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee postponed a hearing scheduled for Thursday that would scrutinize Bank of America Corp.'s acquisition of Merrill Lynch.

The best way to address institutions that are "too big to fail" is to make them smaller and provide government protection for only the "utility" aspects of a bank's business, Mervyn King, the governor of the Bank of England said Tuesday.

Patrick Parkinson will succeed Roger Cole as the director of the Federal Reserve Board's division of banking supervision and regulation, the central bank announced on Tuesday.

Despite Ken Lewis' planned exit from Bank of America Corp., his deal for Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. continues to brew anger and confusion in Congress.

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Monday it is "testing" reverse repurchase agreements as it studies a tool the central bank could use to sop up excess cash.