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Mortgage bondholders are crying foul — and lining up their lawyers — over losses they would incur if servicers write down investors' holdings.

Forget the four-letter dirty words. It’s the 10-letter one – regulation – that will really offend bankers.

Florida authorities have uncovered an international crime ring involving dummy corporations and fraudulent loans.

Mortgage bondholders are threatening legal action over the $25 billion national mortgage settlement, which will give the five largest servicers credits for principal writedowns that the bondholders may take.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency had sharp words Monday for state and local governments that have passed laws meant to help homeowners facing risk of foreclosure, blaming them for slowing down the foreclosure process.

To date, the public dialogue about the Transaction Account Guarantee program has been divided between the political and reputational risks of continuing this extraordinary federal insurance and the potential liquidity crisis that could ensue if the program ends prematurely and abruptly.

Ultimately he would like to end the Fed, but the Texas Republican is making an impact within the GOP on the more short-term goals of curbing inflation and increasing transparency at the central bank.

New guidelines say directors and officers could face investigation from the agency if they copy or remove bank records before a seizure.

Union Bank's deal to buy Pacific Capital is making the U.S. Treasury's decision to a quick write-down on its investment in the target on look like a shrewd choice.

As Chris Larsen steps aside as Prosper's CEO, the company — and the rest of the peer-to-peer lending industry Larsen helped create — has the opportunity to change its course and possibly even merge with one of the very banks it originally sought to displace.