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After seven years at post, Sandra Thompson will step down from her position as the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s supervision chief.

A new paper dredges up a tired argument against the Community Reinvestment Act, which played an important role in sustainably expanding home lending to many Americans. Let's move on already.

If a regulator overreaches its stautory authority, fails to adequately weigh costs against benefits or tries to hold the bank to arbitrary or capricious standards, you've got a case.

The ill-conceived tax act is in direct conflict with many foreign laws, and would be another hammer blow to America's fragile economy since it would dramatically reduce foreign investments.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. board of directors approved stricter appraisal requirements for higher-cost mortgages with the release of a final rule on Tuesday. Federal regulators have also expanded the types of loans that will be exempt from the new standards.

Regulatory changes to the 1099-B, 1099-K and 1042-S forms, intended to help reduce the $450 billion tax gap, will make it much more difficult to avoid penalties and tricky customer service issues.

If the JPMorgan Chase board docks CEO Jamie Dimon's compensation only for the London Whale’s trading loss, he should consider himself fortunate that they are so myopic.

The Basel III liquidity plan is the latest case of a global rule hostile to local realities.

In a speech at a California Bankers Association conference on Friday, Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry said regulators are close to completing the 'Volcker' trading ban and securitization rules.

Amy Friend, the former chief counsel of the Senate Banking Committee is expected to rejoin the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Friend, who helped draft the Dodd-Frank Act, will be the OCC's top lawyer.