Policy & Regulation

Eliot Spitzer wants to return to New York politics, and says he's gunning for the dual chairman/CEO roles at banks including JPMorgan Chase. CEO Jamie Dimon and others responded diplomatically on Friday.

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

Bitcoin exchange Coinbase will offer instant purchases for users that supply identity information, with others having to wait four days for transactions to complete.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized clarifications, which were first proposed in April, to its ability-to-repay and mortgage servicing rules Wednesday.

Inconsistent calculations and disclosures usually make it impossible for investors to distinguish differences in credit risk from differences in measurement practices when comparing banks.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren and her colleagues are working to drum up support for a new bipartisan bill that would bring back a Depression-era law separating commercial and investment banks.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is weighing whether to change Senate filibuster rules if Republicans do not allow a vote on the nominations of Richard Cordray to the CFPB and six other Obama administration appointees.

House Republicans unveiled plans to unwind Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that would largely remove the government from the housing market and restructure the FHA.

Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., John McCain, R-Ariz., Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Angus Kin, I-Maine proposed a bill that would reinstate the 1930s-era Glass-Steagall Act.

Senate Banking Committee members pressed banking officials about the significance of new capital standards at a hearing Thursday on the Dodd-Frank Act, including concerns that institutions will work around new rules and remain highly leveraged.