Victoria Finkle

After a relative lull the past two years, the Senate Banking Committee may be poised to advance a corrections bill to the Dodd-Frank reform law next year, and begin work on other issues like mortgage finance reform.

A bill that would exempt homeowners from having to pay taxes on principal reductions and other forms of debt cancellation will expire at the end of the year if Congress doesn't pass an extension.

House Republicans issued a report Thursday that blames the failure of brokerage firm MF Global on former Sen. Jon Corzine's leadership of the firm, adding that a lack of coordination among regulators also played a role.

Liberal blog Daily Kos has collected more than 63,000 signatures for an online petition asking Senate leadership to put Elizabeth Warren on the banking committee.

Raj Date, CFPB's second in command, said he will leave the agency after it finishes writing a number of mortgage rules required under the Dodd-Frank reform law.

There's going to be significant overturn on the House Financial Services Committee next year, thanks to a number of retirements and several lost races.

The Illinois Republican lost her seat to former Rep. Bill Foster on Tuesday night, opening up a chairman spot on the insurance, housing and community opportunity subcommittee.

Elizabeth Warren, the CFPB architect and frequent bank critic, was elected late Tuesday to the Senate, much to the dismay of the financial services industry.

The outspoken Texas lawmaker is widely expected to take the top slot on the banking panel, pursuing an agenda to revamp Dodd-Frank and privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Parkmobile USA, a company that accepts mobile payments for parking charges, is facing a backlash after blaming its fee increase on a recent cap to debit card interchange rates.

Top regulators at the Fed, SEC, OCC, FDIC, CFPB and NCUA are warning that a Senate bill pending in the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee would undermine agency rulemaking authority.

Report shows that Charlotte bank provided financial help to both conventions this year, but the Democrats still owe B of A over $7 million in loan repayments from financing for the event.

After two official presidential debates without much discussion of the mortgage sector, the issue finally came up in a late-night television interview.

Steven Antonakes, the chief of supervision, enforcement and fair lending at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, brings a track record of fairness to an agency attacked for being hostile to banking.

Anyone waiting for a robust discussion of housing policy by the presidential candidates is unlikely to be satisfied. Not only did the issue never come up during the debates, but President Obama and GOP challenger Mitt Romney haven't said much on the issue at all.

Fresh off the controversy about her prepaid card, financial guru is trying something more offbeat — a museum exhibit about money in conjunction with the producer of "Body Worlds."

Republicans will most likely keep control of the House next term, but several GOP freshmen on the House Financial Services Committee are facing tough reelection contests.

Control of the Senate remains up for grabs, and there are several tight races that could be key for the banking industry.

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus released a new report Wednesday attacking the Dodd-Frank reform law's "too big to fail" provisions, two days after Rep. Barney Frank defended them.

The Massachusetts Democrat released an analysis late Monday defending the Dodd-Frank reform law, arguing it sufficiently addressed "too big to fail" institutions and taking issue with criticism Mitt Romney made during the first presidential debate.