Consumer banking
The Justice Department's fear of losing cases and lack of sophistication likely enabled many Tarp fraudsters to get off scott free, says the former Tarp Special Inspector General.
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The Fed and Treasury fought fiercely to prevent Americans from learning that the Troubled Asset Relief Program was a giant bailout for banks-not homeowners-says the former Special Inspector General.
May 12 -
The Washington-Wall Street revolving door blinded policymakers to outside concerns and doomed the Troubled Asset Relief Program, says its former Special Inspector General.
May 12
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Jamie Dimons mea culpa over a $2 billion trading comes at a lousy time for bankers opposed to trading restrictions. It also raises questions about the effectiveness of big banks risk management.
May 11 -
The agency is working on rules to make home lending more transparent and on a lot of other things too.
May 10 -
A tiny merger in Maine could prove a test case for a type of deal that risk-averse acquirers have been struggling to pull off.
May 8 -
With strong ledgers and creative management, many community bankers are proving they can thrive despite greater regulatory hurdles and the ever-present threat of large banks.
May 7 -
The Federal Housing Administration is "by no means out of the woods," former commissioner and current Mortgage Bankers Association CEO David Stevens says.
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The former Tarp pay master urges banks to head off anger over executive compensation by voluntarily complying with pay standards laid out by regulators.
May 4 -
The much-derided Durbin Amendment capping debit interchange fees lifted the number two card payment network in the first quarter. At Visa, Durbin was a drag that the industry leader successfully overcame.
May 3
