Policy & Regulation

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency will be more flexible with regulations on minority-owned banks in order to help them raise capital.

Many of bankers' concerns and fears about the FFIEC's proposed social media rules are unfounded, says Elizabeth Khalil, senior policy analyst at the FDIC.

Banks that still hold Tarp funds face the prospect of dividend rates rising to 9% from 5% at a time when many of those institutions are still struggling.

Urban Partnership Bank in Chicago has been designated a minority depositary institution by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

M&A consolidation, improved portfolio performance and legislation leveling the playing field provide incentive for midsize banks to relaunch card programs.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shareholders sued the U.S., alleging that the 2008 takeover of the housing lending giants was illegal and cost investors billions of dollars.

North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper's office announced an extended court order against one of the largest debt settlement firms in the U.S. that will keep the company from collecting money.

Consumers are still being gouged by high overdraft fees and abrupt account closures despite new restrictions on banks designed to protect depositors, according to a study released Tuesday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The Treasury Department has begun auctioning more than $51 million of stock that it acquired through the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

The FHFA has yet to post to its website any public comments related to a proposed ban on commissions and reinsurance agreements in force-placed insurance. So we're posting some obtained from key voices in the industry and government.