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Regulators unveiled a proposal Thursday that would institute tough new liquidity requirements on U.S. financial institutions, acknowledging that their plan is harsher than a global framework suggested by international supervisors.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is suing a Kentucky law firm on allegations that it received illegal kickbacks from certain charges on real estate settlements.

Chad Fuller and Victoria Holstein-Childress have joined the Atlanta law firm to help defend banks against lawsuits and government probes.

Two senior House Democrats introduced legislation Thursday designed to give regulators additional authority to go after bank executives at institutions involved in money laundering scandals.

A paper released by the Bipartisan Policy Center suggests that the so-called "push-out" rule for banks' swap business may be unnecessary if regulators effectively implement Dodd-Frank's ban on proprietary trading.

Bloomberg estimates big banks receive an $83 billion taxpayer ‘subsidy’ a year. But calculating bank funding levels at normal, as opposed to crisis times, and accounting for Dodd-Frank compliance costs yields a very different estimate.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has agreed to cooperate with China's central bank to address potential cross-border issues in resolving failing institutions.

Issuers of store-branded credit cards are facing new regulatory scrutiny over big retroactive interest charges that can hit borrowers at the end of a promotional period.

The European Parliament demanded a halt to bank-data transfers to U.S. counter-terrorism investigators because of possible violations of privacy, the latest international outcry over alleged American spying.

Politically connected firms might simply be more willing to participate in government-sponsored programs. Or, perhaps more disturbingly, banks might view their political connections as an insurance policy, which may encourage more reckless or risky behavior.