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Examiners will not require community banks to adhere to new risk governance standards, but they are likely to expect community bank boards to incorporate the guidelines' fundamental principles into their oversight.

Radius Bancorp in Boston has filed documents for an initial public offering that will allow two of its investors to avoid being subject to portions of the Volcker Rule.

A lawsuit filed by low-income housing advocates designed to force the Federal Housing Finance Agency to provide money to a housing trust fund has been blocked by a U.S. district court judge.

The complexity of the Volcker Rule means that it will be nearly impossible for banks to comply with its requirements within set time frames—and regulators risk wasting a lot of time trying to enforce the unenforceable.

Lenders desperately want to make potentially lucrative home loans to those with less-than-stellar credit, but only a few are willing to try given legal uncertainties. Here's how a few are designing their products to get a jump on the competition.

Doral Financial said the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has found it to be "significantly undercapitalized" and is requiring the company fix the problem immediately.

As the industry turns to online-only banking and partnerships with third-party retail distributors, it's getting harder to use geographical boundaries to define the communities that banks serve. That's why the CRA needs an update.

Somali-Americans who send cash home to their relatives can breathe a bit easier following the decision by Merchants Bank of California.

WASHINGTON — Loans for manufactured homes typically come with higher interest rates and fewer consumer protections than more conventional mortgages, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Tuesday.

The investigative story alleging weak supervision by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has sent shockwaves through the regulatory community, but whether it will lead to any change of course in policy is still an open question.