Policy & Regulation

Banking associations are mounting another push to keep the Senate from voting on a bill to raise the cap on credit union business lending.

Regulators released new details on how they will enforce restrictions on charter swaps by troubled banks writes American Banker's Joe Adler.

An increased cap would almost certainly lead large institutions, hungry for short-term profits, to take greater risks that they are ill-equipped to handle.

Taxpayers should not be paying to increase homeownership or to boost home prices. With interest rates low, lenders can charge for risk and homeowners can pay for it.

Regulators released new details on how they will enforce restrictions on charter swaps by troubled banks.

A federal court has ordered a European-based operation to pay more than $10.2 million for tricking small businesses and nonprofit organizations into paying for unwanted listings in online business directories.

The Senate Banking Committee may be poised to amend Dodd-Frank next year and begin work on other issues, like mortgage finance reform.

Take care of your management team last, not the other way around. Vet new ideas through risk management and audit committees, not the marketing and sales department. Manage incentive compensation around risk-adjusted performance metrics.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon would be the best person to lead the Treasury Department in a financial crisis, billionaire investor Warren Buffett said on PBS' Charlie Rose.

The chief executive of Monarch Financial Holdings (MNRK) in Chesapeake, Va., has been elected to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond's board.