Policy & Regulation

The insurance provider MetLife said it will file a lawsuit Tuesday to challenge its designation as a systemically important financial institution, arguing the Financial Stability Oversight Council erred in making the determination.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is launching a toolkit on Tuesday that will help consumers shop for a mortgage by finding the best rates in their area based on data the agency gathers from lenders.

Freddie Mac in the next month plans to approve three more lenders, including one bank, to make multifamily loans between $1 million and $5 million for GSE purchase and securitization, according to an official. Banks were not initially courted.

Lazard Ltd.'s Antonio Weiss has withdrawn from consideration to be Treasury undersecretary for domestic finance as his nomination ran into opposition from Democrats in the Senate.

A new push by President Obama to tighten cybersecurity at banks and other businesses could help light a fire under some firms that have historically been slower to react in the wake of a data breach and help financial institutions dealing with a tangle of confusing state laws.

The National Credit Union Administration is due Thursday to unveil a second version of its risk-based capital rule after pressure from lawmakers and the credit union industry forced it to scrap its first attempt.

The influential Treasury Undersecretary David S. Cohen will take over as Deputy Director of the nation's top spy agency after years of managing U.S. sanctions and effort to counter illicit financial networks

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is attempting to clarify its policy regarding brokered deposits after a persistent flood of inquiries from bank and others about what meets the definition.

A recap of the informed opinions (and the discussions they generated) on BankThink this week.

Government investigations of auto lending are beginning to pile up, and they are weighing on investors' perceptions of the fast-growing industry.