Opinions

Even while his nomination stalls, executives from his home state push are lobbying for his confirmation.

WASHINGTON — After leaving Washington at the end of July, Elizabeth Warren started August as the object of "Doonesbury" cartoonist Garry Trudeau's affections.

WASHINGTON — Twenty small banks will receive a total of $253 million in the latest round of funding from the Small Business Lending Fund, according to the Treasury Department.

The industry's giants have received most of the flows generated by tidal shifts in money markets, and have been impelled to shore up core funding by new liquidity rules.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is suing a Georgia law firm and one partner for legal malpractice in connection with a $2.8 million loan that was among a portfolio of bad loans held by Integrity Bank when it failed.

Global Credit & Collection Corp, a New York-based collection agency, is facing a lawsuit for allegedly threatening to sue a Louisiana woman when it did not plan to do so.

VeriFone finished its purchase of the rival terminal maker Hypercom after it reached a settlement with the Justice Department to sell Hypercom's U.S. terminal business to the private-equity firm Gores Group.

President Obama has finally nominated a director for CFPB, but the move came at least a year too late to do the agency any good.

Agency unveils new pilot program for smaller investors wanting to bid on loans.

Recent regulatory developments in the U.S. and the U.K. attempt to reverse efforts to stamp out rating agencies. Their role must be trimmed back and banks must be encouraged to develop standardized methods of calculating risk and capital as a substitute for external ratings.