Policy & Regulation

The Office of Financial Research is seen as dark and mysterious by some, but its new director says it's focused on working collaboratively with other agencies and developing new metrics that can help it see systemic threats in real-time.

President Obama gathered chief executives from energy, finance and technology companies to emphasize the threat posed by criminal and state-sponsored hackers, which the administration regards as one of the nation's main security challenges.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers on the House Financial Services Committee and the House Agriculture Committee is drafting a bill to address ongoing concerns with a series of cross-border swaps provisions.

Impersonators of Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin (oddly) captured the sense of renewal at the ICBA conference in Las Vegas.

Citigroup can omit from its annual meeting a question for shareholders that would require the lender to explore breaking up, the Securities and Exchange Commission said.

Rep. Randy Neugebauer, a senior member on the House Financial Services Committee, discusses his priorities for FHA reform, despite ongoing partisan bickering.

The CFPB director received a frosty reception at the ICBA conference despite remarks designed to calm bankers' fears.

The House Budget Committee released Rep. Paul Ryan's fiscal 2014 budget plan on Tuesday. The plan renews its attacks on the 2010 Dodd-Frank reform law, including its provisions for winding down large, failing banks.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. chairman gave an update on the agency's community bank work and said the agency is on target to reach a statutory minimum for insurance reserves.

In a March 12 letter, Sen. Bob Corker, a senior member of the Senate Banking Committee, raised concerns about whether the Financial Stability Oversight Council would wind down a healthy institution due to concerns regarding whether the bank is "too big to fail."