FDIC

FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams reaches out to tech pros to bring fresh ideas to the agency.

Readers react to a regulator's promise to reduce regulation that hinders innovation, Sen. Elizabeth Warren's plan to impose heavier taxes on lobbying groups, Freddie Mac's exploration into AI and more.

The central bank will consider rules to create a tiered structure for supervising banks with over $100 billion of assets and to ease resolution plan requirements.

The new regulation will allow more flexibility for board directors and senior managers to serve at multiple institutions.

Julieann Thurlow says Reading Cooperative Bank in Massachusetts is well positioned to help immigrants and millennials. Technology is crucial to serving both groups, she says.

Jelena McWilliams told community bankers that policymakers should be a resource for banks trying to adopt new technology.

More community bankers now say that cost of funds, not regulatory expense, poses the biggest threat to profits, according to a new survey.

The three federal banking agencies moved to raise the threshold for residential transactions that require an appraisal from $250,000 to $400,000.

An initial review determined that lax oversight at Enloe State Bank allowed for the origination of more than 100 allegedly fraudulent or fictitious loans.

Jelena McWilliams knows the value of the FDIC’s role in a way most other Americans do not. Now she's in charge as it grapples with difficult questions and sets out to reshape the industry.

The revised trading rule is seen as a credit negative for the banking industry.

A federal judge blocked state regulators from suing the agency over its new charter, but it’s still unclear whether fintechs would even apply.

The plan approved by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Tuesday would require banks to exchange initial margin only in deals involving external swaps parties.

Regulators have redefined a simplified capital measure for community banks following criticism that their 2018 proposal did not go far enough.

A federal judge blocked state regulators from suing the agency over its new charter, but it’s still unclear whether fintechs would even apply.

The FDIC's latest report on deposit market share shows the nation's seven biggest banks flexing their muscles, while smaller banks' market share gets smaller.

Higher net interest income and securities gains boosted quarterly profit to $62.6 billion, which was 4% higher from a year earlier. But potential trouble signs from lower interest rates may emerge.

The agencies handed banks a significant victory when they finalized revisions to the Dodd-Frank proprietary trading ban, but officials also plan to re-propose changes to the “covered funds” section of the rule.

Readers react to regulators revamping the Volcker Rule and the U.S. Postal Service getting into banking, criticize HUD's plan to make it harder for consumers to allege discrimination and more.

Sheila Bair, who holds board seats at several other organizations, will sit on Fannie's compensation, corporate governance and risk policy committees.