Policy & Regulation

The recent court ruling on debit interchange fees should remind the payments industry how harmful the Durbin amendment is.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. board of directors on Tuesday is set to finalize a regulation dealing with the agency's handling of uninsured deposits held in foreign branches.

New York State's chief banking regulator is tightening the screws on banks that lend to landlords, increasing the requirements for Community Reinvestment Act credit.

A legal safe harbor designed to protect lenders that make "qualified mortgage" loans from consumer lawsuits is likely to expose institutions to potentially even greater liability, according to several banking experts.

ICAP, the world's largest broker of transactions between banks, is negotiating a fine with U.S. and U.K. regulators for allegedly helping traders manipulate the London interbank offered rate.

Frank and George Hamlin at Canandaigua National are turning letter writing into an art form as they rail against a wave of new bank regulation.

Mark Carney, chairman of the Financial Stability Board, urged leaders of the Group of 20 nations on Thursday to take more strides to strengthen the global financial system.

Strengthening the underlying loan manufacturing process and diversifying this risk in the secondary market remain critical to ensuring the integrity of the market.

The $2 trillion-asset company will stop accepting new student loan applications on Oct. 12, the company said Thursday.

A federal judge has preliminarily approved a $3.2 million class-action settlement against a collection agency accused of posing as district attorneys to steal more than $20 million in fees from debtors.