Policy & Regulation

Alex Dunlap, the former director of debt sales for Wells Fargo, has left the bank for Flock Specialty Finance. His move comes after Wells stopped selling unpaid consumer loans to outside buyers and as regulators crack down on banks' debt collection practices.

The former Fed vice chair is a logical alternative to Janet Yellen and Larry Summers. He's got the central bank and industry experience, plus his confirmation would make history.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Tuesday that it is suing Morgan Drexen, a debt-relief provider, for false marketing a month after the same company filed suit against the CFPB.

The meaning of the term "underbanked" has evolved considerably over the last 30 years, and its definition today makes little sense.

FNBH desperately needs capital after regulators shot down a plan that had a hefty percentage of debt. The company is hoping an equity infusion by a big investor will help it get on track.

Decades in Washington are bound to make any lawmaker a little cynical, but former Rep. Barney Frank says Netflix's hit drama "House of Cards" goes too far.

The Online Lenders Alliance wants the group that manages a U.S. payment system to clarify warnings on illegal use of the network by payday-loan firms, saying the message is posing a threat to legitimate business.

In a sit-down interview with American Banker, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray discussed his Senate confirmation, qualified mortgages, and the future challenges that the agency may face.

Delmar Bancorp is giving up a 40% stake in itself to an outside investor, who will cancel Tarp shares he won in a Treasury auction. The investor will also invest cash and forgive unpaid Tarp dividends.

Reports of suspected fraud received by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network fell by 25% last year, to just under 70,000, according to the regulator's report on fraud filings for 2012, released Tuesday.