Policy & Regulation

The idea of financial institutions resembling utilities has caught on with some industry observers for reasons other than reducing systemic risk.

The National Association of Realtors is teaming up with a coalition of environmental groups, taxpayer advocates and insurance companies to push Congress on flood insurance reforms.

All the noise over the impact of the Current Expected Loss Model is paralyzing bankers from taking reasonable and practical steps to prepare for the new accounting standard.

Freedom Mortgage of Mount Laurel, N.J., has agreed to pay $113 million to settle government allegations that it failed to comply with Federal Housing Administration requirements for originating and servicing FHA-insured loans.

Senior members of the Obama administration posted a blog under the headline: "A Moral Case for Putting a Stop to Payday Lending Abuses." White House officials are citing support from a diverse array of religious leaders for ending the cycle of debt caused by taking out multiple payday loans.

As regulators begin taking a harder look at marketplace lenders, questions are being raised about how fair-lending rules are being applied and what, if any, obligations those new participants might have to low- and moderate-income borrowers.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is continuing to reject calls to slash the annual premium for the Federal Housing Administration despite a renewed push by the National Association of Realtors. But some predict the FHA may eventually cave in.

The $5 billion settlement between Goldman Sachs and the Department of Justice sounds significant, but here's why it's not real accountability.

The National Credit Union Administration quietly announced Thursday a meeting to discuss a reproposed executive compensation rule — one of the last and most important unfinished regulations in Dodd-Frank.

Congress should consider placing restrictions on the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network as the agency targets foreign banks it deems money laundering risks.