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The Senate approved an amendment to stop Fannie and Freddie from paying bonuses and a separate measure that would require members of Congress to disclose the terms of their mortgages.

Analysts and former regulators debate whether last year's decline in new regulatory orders means things are improving for the banking industry, or if regulators are simply running out of sick banks to flag.

Nearly one year after the Treasury Department outlined a broad strategy for housing finance reform, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said Thursday the administration will finally outline more specific plans in the next few months.

Facebook's payments revenue is growing dramatically each year — and its digital currency could soon threaten banks as it moves into more traditional channels.

The Small Business Lending Fund is projected to generate an $80 million profit, rather than the $1.3 billion cost initially estimated, according to a Treasury Department report.

Bernanke pushed back against House Republican criticisms that the Fed had no business issuing an unsolicited white paper detailing ways to potentially fix the housing market.

The FDIC has fined Stuart Voigt, a former Vikings player, and wants to ban him from banking after accusing him of improper dealings as chairman of a Minnesota bank.

Ally Financial is "on par" with any top-tier financial company — as long as analysts ignore the massive mortgage problems that made the lender lose $250 million in the fourth quarter, CEO Michael Carpenter says.

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke on Thursday issued yet another a stark warning to lawmakers: fix the rising deficit before it puts the economy at grave risk.

An operation that marketed prepaid calling cards to immigrants will pay $2.32 million as part of a settlement to resolve charges that they made false claims to consumers about the number of minutes of talk time the calling cards would deliver.