Law and regulation

My guess is that Shaun Donovan and Tim Geithner are burning the midnight oil and firing up the afterburners in attempts to wrap this agreement up by Tuesday’s State of the Union address.

Tennessee Commerce Bancorp has missed a regulatory deadline for improving its capital ratios and is now warning investors that it is likely to fail if it is unable to raise fresh capital or find a buyer.

U.K. proposals requiring banks to ring fence their retail operations in separate units will be compatible with new EU financial regulation, the European Union's single market chief said Monday.

The Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act, two bills that would have relied on payment companies to block funding to websites accused of content theft, were put on hold Friday.

WASHINGTON — In the first three closures of the year, regulators shuttered institutions in Georgia, Florida and Pennsylvania.

Kelly King is bullish about BB&T's growth opportunity this year, and he believes the company has many options when it comes to M&A.

Forcing owners of narrow-purpose banks to become bank holding companies could cause certain institutions to dissolve, but have a relatively minor impact on the industry at large, a government report said Friday.

WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a final rule Friday that will impose new disclosure requirements for remittance transfers.

A recent paper released by Fed economists has sparked a firestorm of criticism, but it could be just what policymakers need to jumpstart a much ailing housing market.

Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson's office on Thursday sued a collection agency that works with two hospitals in the state, saying it did not keep health care records for tens of thousands of patients confidential.

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The Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act, two bills that would have relied on payment companies to block funding to websites accused of content theft, were put on hold Jan. 20.

Larry Lavender is leaving the position to run Rep. Spencer Bachus' re-election campaign and then to join a Washington law firm.

The Federal Housing Administration announced three steps Friday to protect its mortgage insurance fund from sustaining further losses.

The Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act, two bills that would have relied on payment companies to block funding to websites accused of content theft, were put on hold Friday.

The FDIC and a Federal Home Loan bank are seeking information from the Memphis bank about 20 securitizations, executives said. First Horizon swung to a profit and reported lower revenue in the fourth quarter.

President Obama assured that 2012 would get off to a rousing start when he made a recess appointment of Richard Cordray as head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Predictably, the appointment generated both praise and outrage.

A new survey shows that bankers are surprisingly satisfied with their institutions' examiners and exams.

Frivolously adding armor to combat planes makes the aircraft difficult to control and less effective. Weighting down banks with ill-conceived risk mitigation strategies and regulations serves the interests of neither individual banks nor the banking system as a whole.

President and CEO of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati David Hehman announced plans to retire in June. Andrew Howell, executive vice president and chief operating officer, will take his place.