Policy & Regulation

EverBank Financial (EVER) has reached a $43 million settlement with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency in connection with allegations of improper foreclosure practices.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for help in catching the so-called Loan Ranger Bandit, the agency announced on its website Friday.

The regional banks face a False Claims Act probe by the departments of Justice and Housing and Urban Development into how they originated FHA-insured loans. Large fines may follow.

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

A top official in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's enforcement office has left the agency to join an online lender in California.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is charging Fifth Third with discriminating against a couple with disabilities who were attempting to refinance their mortgage.

Banks and credit unions are squaring off on the social media front over a Depression-era law that exempts credit unions from federal income taxes.

Bankers and other lenders are all but begging for more time to implement the qualified mortgage and other pending CFPB regulations, arguing that the Jan. 10 deadline gives them insufficient time to prepare.

A bill to license and regulate for-profit debt settlement companies doing business in Massachusetts is gaining traction with state lawmakers.

The Federal Reserve has approved a capital plan that was re-submitted by BB&T Corp. of Winston-Salem, N.C., the regulator announced Friday.