Law and regulation

Sen. Richard Shelby's term limit is about to expire, potentially putting Sen. Mike Crapo of Idaho in line to be the new GOP head of the banking committee.

Federal Reserve Board governor says vacancies are dragging down property values in high-foreclosure areas, and offers examples of solutions.

New Vanity Fair profile recounts how New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady called JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon with inspiring words during a trying time.

Merchants, the Fed and industry lobbyists testified in court on the implementation of the Durbin Amendment, which sets a ceiling on interchange fees that larger banks can charge merchants. Merchants argue the Fed included costs in the cap that were not allowed under Dodd-Frank.

The National Credit Union Administration filed a lawsuit Thursday against Credit Suisse Securities (USA), citing misrepresentations in the underwriting and sale of mortgage-backed securities.

Debate chat masks election's high stakes for banking; Basel III resistance rises; the Most Women Powerful in Banking.

To say one is a banker because he or she works at a bank is like saying you are a car because you live in a garage. The term banker must mean something.

In the first presidential debate Mitt Romney criticized the "systemically important" designations, mandated by the act, as "the biggest kiss that's been given to New York banks." And he's getting impatient with that "qualified mortgage" definition.

Andy Haldane's speech comparing bank regulation to a dog snaring a Frisbee has caught fire among pundits and bloggers, but the U.K. regulator argues in an interview he has been mostly misunderstood.

Payleven has elbowed its way into the crowded mobile card-reader device playing field by offering a chip-and-PIN reader that will first debut in Europe near the end of October.

The Financial Stability Board may trim their list of 29 too-big-to-fail banks earmarked for capital surcharges, according to two people familiar with the talks.

Federal regulators are targeting another financial firm in connection with its mortgage activities before the housing crisis.

The Government Accountability Project is teaming up with the Occupy Wall Street crowd to educate bank staffers about their rights.

Banks with government assistance such as the Troubled Asset Relief Program face the greatest risk under Basel III proposals, advisors of Mercer Capital and Jones Day say.

Polonia Bancorp (PBCP) in Huntingdon Valley, Pa., has postponed its stock sale and conversion to a stock company after a regulatory exam revealed compliance problems.

The FDIC and Federal Reserve used special authority to require the two companies to draft 'living wills' outside the schedule used for other firms.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency on Thursday released a proposal to create a framework for a new secondary mortgage market.

Banks can't win back business through optimistic future-focused messaging that ignores the real pain in our country. What customers really want is for their bank to apologize for its missteps.

Agencies need to make sure that the regulations being implemented are necessary to address the problems the Dodd-Frank Act intended to address. Analyzing the rules' potential economic impact is critical, writes BankThink columnist Clifford Rossi.

The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco has terminated a memorandum of understanding with Wilshire Bancorp (WIBC) in Los Angeles.