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With General Electric buying deposits from MetLife, bankers have good reason to ponder the broader meaning to the competitive landscape.

Former comptroller Eugene Ludwig talks about the competitive threat from unregulated financial firms and why banks should want the new consumer protection bureau to have a permanent director soon.

Three years after the government put Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on life support, a debate is still raging over how much the GSEs can be blamed for the housing crisis.

The average checking account costs banks about $350 annually. American Banker editors break down the costs.

The divide between Democrats and Republicans over the future of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is so vast that it's preventing them from approving key financial appointees who the parties otherwise agree on.

With the outlook for housing still grim, banks have no choice but to continue the thankless job of modifying mortgages, cutting bank on loan volumes and raising lending standards.