Policy & Regulation

WASHINGTON -- Eugene Ludwig, founder of Promontory Financial Group and former Comptroller of the Currency, was recognized Thursday evening by the Foreign Policy Association for his contributions to financial services.

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

The Treasury Department is searching for a bank to support the government's new retirement savings bond program.

Global banking regulators should increase their focus on uniform capital standards and be less flexible about how risk-weighted assets are calculated, according to consultant Mayra Rodríguez Valladares. She spoke with American Banker about how to strengthen the banking system by giving the Basel committee "more credibility."

Comedy Central's fake-news host jokes that embattled exchanges like Mt. Gox should "institutionalize" their mishaps like the big banks do.

The three-year statute of limitations from when bank failures peaked has already passed, and yet filings of Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. suits against former officers and directors continue to grow.

The Republican-led House approved a bill Thursday evening that would drastically alter the structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Consumers facing mortgage trouble want help and are looking everywhere for it. Paying close attention to where and how homeowners seek information is how the servicing industry will put itself on the fast track to a better reputation.

Some governments are getting into the digital currency game, offering their own alternatives to cash with traits that differ in meaningful ways from cross-border cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin.

The National Fair Housing Alliance is accelerating efforts to force mortgage lenders, servicers and trustees to do a better job of maintaining foreclosed properties in minority neighborhoods.