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President Obama's decision to call an end-around and avoid opposition to his consumer bureau director runs a serious risk of backfiring.

As the number of bank failures declines, the FDIC must cope with both 800 remaining problem banks and the risks posed by a future crisis.

Despite some notable gains in 2011, for senior women bankers it was a year of two steps forward and one step back.

Banks are between a rock and a hard place these days in figuring out how to recoup the cost of doing business without sparking a public outcry.

Participants in a recent American Banker roundtable debated whether banks should keep adding deposits to build customer relationships down the road.