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On the one-year anniversary of the Dodd-Frank Act, Democratic lawmakers and key financial regulators called on Congress to resist Republican efforts to cut funding to implement and enforce the law's sweeping new regulations.

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans said he would back a more explicit pledge by the central bank to keep interest rates low if the third quarter proves to be weak, and doesn't rule out the possibility that near-zero rates will rise after mid-2012.

The Treasury Department has ordered board appointments to two banking companies that have missed dividend payments on its bailout investments.

Six Federal Home Loan banks have launched a salvo against Bank of America Corp.'s proposed $8.5 billion mortgage bondholder settlement, suggesting the payout may need to be triple that amount.

WASHINGTON — As regulators continue to implement the Dodd-Frank Act one year after its passage, a key backer of financial reforms in the Senate warned "the battle is not over."

Banks are moving closer to getting the threshold raised for SEC stock registration.

Maryland's District Courts are putting a halt to an estimated 900 collection lawsuits after Catonsville, Md.-based Sunshine Financial Group, the company that filed them, failed to get a license.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau established by the Dodd-Frank Act will open its doors on July 21. The new bureau will have broad responsibility for enforcing a wide range of laws against people and companies that provide financial products and services.

WASHINGTON — Despite his past as a state regulator, Thomas Curry signaled intent Wednesday to listen to both sides in the preemption debate if confirmed as comptroller of the currency.

Wells Fargo will pay an $85 million civil penalty for misleading borrowers into taking out costly subprime loans and approving loans they were not eligible to receive, the Federal Reserve Board said Wednesday.