Policy & Regulation

It's time for the Federal Housing Finance Agency to make good on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's funding obligations to two affordable housing programs.

A federal judge has dismissed an FDIC lawsuit against directors and officers of a failed North Carolina bank. The ruling has big implications for future cases that seek to hold senior bank management accountable for financial crisis-era failures.

A trade group for payment processors is accusing the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. of improperly pressuring banks to cut ties with merchants in the pornography business.

FHA commissioner Galante initiated the handbook rewrite to provide more detail and certainty for lenders.

The Supreme Court said Thursday it would hear a case related to the use of "disparate impact" theory to pursue entities for unintentional discrimination, a move that could have significant ramifications for banks.

Two American Indian tribes so far have failed to prove that New York's top banking regulator exceeded his authority in cracking down on out-of-state payday lenders last year, an appeals court panel ruled this week.

The Federal Reserve must take steps to improve handling of complex settlements like the one reached with mortgage servicers over improper foreclosures, an internal watchdog said in a report.

Examiners will not require community banks to adhere to new risk governance standards, but they are likely to expect community bank boards to incorporate the guidelines' fundamental principles into their oversight.

Radius Bancorp in Boston has filed documents for an initial public offering that will allow two of its investors to avoid being subject to portions of the Volcker Rule.

A lawsuit filed by low-income housing advocates designed to force the Federal Housing Finance Agency to provide money to a housing trust fund has been blocked by a U.S. district court judge.