Policy & Regulation

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s online training for community bankers now includes an eight-video module on how institutions can manage their exposure to fluctuating rates.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau posted a blog Monday stating that there are more than 7 million borrowers in default on federal of private student loans.

The promising Senate bill needs to do more to ensure an affordable market for multifamily mortgages, aid historically underserved borrowers and protect struggling homeowners.

Removing the arbitrary size designation for bank SIFIs would reduce costly regulation for regionals, encourage industrywide competition and concentrate regulators' efforts on firms that actually warrant attention.

President Obama will urge lawmakers on Tuesday to pursue a bipartisan housing finance reform plan that will protect American middle-class families and put an end to future taxpayer bailouts.

WASHINGTON — There are more than 7 million borrowers in default on federal or private student loans, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

According to experts, the ethics questions raised by House lawmakers about Raj Date, the former No. 2 at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau who left to form his own firm, appear to be based on "faulty information."

Lawmakers have accused Raj Date, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's former No. 2, of lobbying his old employer and profiting from a mortgage rule he wrote. Yet ethics experts, and even some of those who formerly accused him of wrongdoing, now say the charges are bogus.

HSBC, Europe's largest lender, said possible damages from a lawsuit filed by a U.S. regulator over improperly sold mortgage-backed securities could cost the bank as much as $1.6 billion.

The Federal Reserve Board's Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey said credit conditions are improving for commercial and industrial loans but standards remain tight on mortgages and consumer debt.