Opinions

A recap of the informed opinions (and the discussions they generated) on BankThink this week.

The Federal Trade Commission should take more steps to police the acquiring industry and halt fraudulent practices, says Robert Carr, longtime CEO of Heartland Payment Systems Inc.

Regulators are finalizing the details of a proposal designed to help buffer against a prolonged market crisis by instituting a liquidity requirement for financial institutions. The proposal is expected as early as this summer.

U.S. banking regulators plan to issue a proposal soon that would require U.S. financial institutions to hold long-term debt to minimize risks should a firm fail, a top Federal Reserve official said on Friday.

Over the past few years, Wall Street’s collapse has led to a crackdown that’s put many wrongful practices off limits, but it remains a place where a lot of very bad behavior continues to take place out in the open.

In an advisory, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. urged banks to be mindful of gaps in liability coverage for director and officer lawsuits – the same lawsuits the FDIC is filing against failed-bank managers.

A British court has forced the Wall Street Journal to backpedal after publishing the names of traders and brokers the government plans to charge with manipulating benchmark interest rates.

The Federal Reserve Board has taken action against the U.S. branch of Germany's Commerzbank for failing to comply with anti-money-laundering regulations.

Mortgage lender Household International Inc., which is now HSBC Finance Corp., must pay an estimated $2.46 billion in a class-action lawsuit claiming it violated federal securities laws.

Timothy Geithner hasn't been Treasury secretary for months, but he gets his name on the new $100 bills that went into circulation last week.