Law and regulation

JPMorgan had over $200 billion in TAG deposits in the last quarter. That's almost 20% of the bank's deposits and equal to 60% of the now-infamous chief investment office's portfolio.

Relief from fair value accounting is essential for community banks to survive and ultimately thrive in today’s economic climate. Fortunately, legislation before Congress would untether regulatory accounting practices from GAAP.

There are fewer opportunities for upward mobility, and it's likely that the bank you go to work for will soon be merged out of existence. Is this the kind of environment that attracts the best and brightest?

WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will begin publishing credit card complaints June 19 in a searchable database, allowing the public for the first time to scrutinize the way individual banks handle complaints.

To address the squeeze that regulatory, media and consumer litigation pressures are placing on collection agencies, four collection industry veterans have joined to create Credit & Collection Certifications LLC.

The public will be able to review complaints against individual banks through a database the CFPB is launching Tuesday.

The Birmingham, Ala., bank stands out for its efforts to attract long-ignored customers to the traditional banking system with alternative products, including the popular but controversial "Ready Advance."

The Republican congressman urged the SEC, which has been studying computer-driven trading techniques, not to take steps that will hurt financial markets.

Private-sector watchdog for FSOC launches with goal of moving regulators in the direction of quicker rules to implement Dodd-Frank.

Five years after embarking on a path to become a bank holding company, specialty lender CapitalSource is almost there. Tad Lowrey, the CEO of CapitalSource Bank, thinks the Fed will approve an application next year, now that company is "smaller, simpler and cleaner."

BB&T (BBT) Chief Executive Kelly King urged his fellow bankers Monday to vote against politicians who favor more regulation of the private sector and replace them with leaders who have more faith in the free markets.

Among other things, House lawmakers shouldn't tell Jamie Dimon how awesome he is (he already knows) and shouldn't suggest over-regulation caused the $2 billion-plus loss at the bank. To find out the worst thing they could do, however, read on.

A lobby group for the world's largest banks warned Monday that regulators across the world risk pushing more financial activity into unregulated and non-transparent market niches, creating more of the risks that they meant to tackle.

The Federal Housing Administration has rescinded guidelines that would have made it harder for consumers to qualify for a mortgage if they have a collection action or disputed credit account of at least $1,000.

We finally have a regulator with no mandate to preserve banks' image. To protect consumers, the CFPB must assure that those who cheat them are punished. New rules won't help if we don't enforce the old ones.

It was a wild time in Washington last week, with Jamie Dimon taking up most of the oxygen with his testimony on Wednesday. But there were other highlights that shouldn’t be missed. Following is the Top 5 Stories:

State regulators closed banks in Georgia, Florida and Tennessee on Friday, making June a busy month for failures.

Members of the House Financial Services Committee have a chance Tuesday to pose tougher questions about the JPMorgan trading losses than their Senate counterparts did.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is adding to its efforts to protect vulnerable groups of consumers with a new study into elder financial abuse.

With Congress nearing a vote on a new Farm Bill that will set agricultural policy for the next five years, the banking industry is urging lawmakers to resist efforts to weaken the federal crop insurance program.