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In the midst of a public feud between federal regulators on the right process for chartering new banks, Federal Financial Analytics argues that regulators should instead focus on loosening capital standards for new industry entrants.

While acting Comptroller of the Currency Keith Noreika's criticism that the FDIC is hampering the creation of new banks may have had merit in the past, the agency has fixed many problems.

Size matters in the credit union industry, and in most cases, the biggest have a serious advantage. But reaching this particular threshold doesn’t come cheap.

Wells Fargo's regulators are looking into another issue involving insurance linked to auto loans as scrutiny of a key lending unit widens, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

After repeated attacks from acting Comptroller of the Currency Keith Noreika, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. defended its role in greenlighting prospective bank applicants.

The OCC's move to solicit feedback on rolling back the Volcker Rule was only the first step in a long process, yet observers say it shows how fractured the five agencies tasked with implementing the proprietary trading ban have become.

In their biannual Shared National Credits Program report, regulators said that banks' exposure to leveraged loans and the oil and gas sector remained a source of concern.

The ranks of mutually owned banks are in decline. Survivors say sharper marketing, better access to capital and lower barriers to entry could stop the bleeding.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on Wednesday announced a request for public feedback on the Volcker Rule.

The regulatory agency is expected to start asking for public feedback on changing the rule on proprietary trading by banks; bitcoin offshoot is worth about a tenth of the original.