Opinions

President Barack Obama plans to name White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew tomorrow as his choice for Treasury secretary, replacing Timothy F. Geithner, a person familiar with the process said.

Julie Williams, the former chief counsel at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, will be reunited with former Comptroller Eugene Ludwig.

William B. Harrison Jr., who helped create JPMorgan Chase, on Tuesday offered a resounding defense of megabanks and the good he said they do for customers and investors.

JPMorgan Chase (JPM) Chief Executive Jamie Dimon has left the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, more than six months after lawmakers called for his resignation because of JPMorgan's multibillion-dollar trading scandal.

While regulators have given U.S. banks extra time to comply with a contentious 'push-out' rule, many foreign banks are unintentionally ineligible for the relief, leaving questions about whether Congress or regulators will act to help them.

Timothy Ryan is stepping down as president and chief executive of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association next month, with former Rep. Kenneth Bentsen expected to take over.

The latest insurance company to leave banking behind is Shelter Insurance of Columbia, Mo., and the insurer blames the Dodd-Frank reform law.

The government agency has waived a compliance requirement for smaller community banks, removing a costly barrier of entry for hundreds of institutions.

With the new year, the Financial Stability Oversight Council has greater opportunity to take leadership roles in other areas.

Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) on Monday announced plans to introduce legislation to take away the Treasury Department's ability to mint money to pay the federal government's bills.