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Peetz — who was tasked over the weekend to help lead her alma mater Penn State out of crisis — stressed the importance of mentors, goals, self-evaluation and a positive attitude at the the Most Powerful Women in Banking awards in October.

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

A good-news/bad-news story is the best way to describe fourth quarter 2011 results. The numbers also hold clues to where the banking business is heading.

Wall Street's top institutions seem to have more than their fair share of legal and ethical lapses. Barofsky, a former TARP inspector general and federal prosecutor, gives his views on why this is so.

The GOP front-runner's record is a mix of free-market principles and deep pragmatism. He supported Tarp in 2008, opposes government intervention in foreclosures, and is less rigid than other Republicans on the question of future bank bailouts.

Regulatory hurdles and reduced earnings forecasts may sour PE's view of bank investment.

Richard Cordray, head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, brings a different perspective to a sister agency long focused on safety and soundness.

The former federal prosecutor says the confusion over the mid-sized brokerage's collapse is further evidence that its larger rivals are themselves simply too big to manage.