Policy & Regulation

Many financial A-listers have either written books about the financial crisis or are working on them. Among the most recent to announce: Timothy Geithner, who stepped down as Treasury Secretary in January. Following are some notable examples of those taking a crack at writing first drafts of financial crisis history.

If he supported size regulations on big banks, JPMorgan's CEO would help revamp his increasingly tarnished image and help put the entire financial industry on the path to redemption.

The Federal Reserve Board has released Citizens Community Bancorp (CZWI) in Eau Claire, Wis., from an enforcement action.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a bulletin on Thursday warning indirect auto lenders that they could be violating fair-lending laws if they do not stop auto dealers who often mark up the loans they issue.

The Federal Reserve Board has terminated enforcement actions against three banks: Bank of Bartlett, Bank of Little Rock, and Pembina County Bankshares.

To the detriment of consumers, innovations in banking tend to be conservative, late, and incremental, despite top talent and plenty of ideas. Is regulation backfiring?

Big banks reversed a buildup in long-dated bonds over the last two quarters, a reassuring development amid worries that they might “reach for yield.”

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is warning indirect auto lenders that they could be violating fair-lending laws by not clamping down on auto dealers who often mark up the loans they issue.

A settlement between New York and the nation's largest force-placed insurer will kill bank commissions in the state and could dramatically alter the structure of the specialty insurance industry.

Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Jerry Moran, R-Kan., introduced a bill Thursday that would exempt financial institutions from having to send annual private notices if the disclosures haven’t changed from the year before.