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It is still unresolved how regulators will apply capital requirements to insurance companies under the Dodd-Frank regime for systemic firms, but members of Congress are urging the Federal Reserve Board to be flexible.
March 7 -
A recap of the informed opinions (and the discussions they generated) on BankThink this week.
March 7
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A former employee of TD Bank and her accomplice have pleaded guilty to committing identity theft and stealing government funds.
March 7 -
Fast-tracking foreclosures on vacant properties in states that handle foreclosures through the courts "could result in substantial cost savings" for all involved, according to a study by Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.
March 7 -
Former Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Alan Blinder took shots at credit rating agencies and Wall Street traders this week in a public lecture at the Museum of American Finance.
March 7 -
The Community Home Lenders Association is pointing to President Obama's recently released budget as proof that the Federal Housing Administration has leeway to lower premiums.
March 6 -
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling and two other GOP lawmakers are probing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau over how it treats its employees.
March 6 -
Former Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke reportedly made more in his first post-Fed speech than he did in his entire last year running the central bank.
March 6 -
Banks have stepped up efforts to extend the government's terrorism risk insurance program, fearing that Congress may fail to act before it is scheduled to expire at yearend.
March 6 -
Scott Tomlinson at Flint Community Bank used a meeting with the agency's deputy director to speak his mind on the shortcomings of mortgage regulation.
March 6
