Policy & Regulation

More than 700 community banks failed a stress test performed by the New York data company Trepp, based on the proposed Basel III guidelines. Even if they wanted to do something about this problem, many would have a hard time raising capital in the private markets now.

No, it's not that ABA, but another one — the American Booksellers Association — has joined a growing list of retail groups seeking to derail the settlement with the card networks.

Jennifer Shasky Calvery took the reins at the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network last month, after 15 years at the Justice Department prosecuting money laundering and organized crime.

Fed Gov. Daniel Tarullo calls for capping the size of banks, lawsuit proliferate, earnings roll in.

Liability insurance companies generally argue allowing banks to receive insurance coverage for overdraft litigation settlements violates public policy and rewards supposed wrongdoing, but there typically is no explicit exclusion in a policy that justifies this and other go-to positions.

"It was more like a poke in the eye with a sharp stick" says former FDIC chair Shelia Bair in response to Mitt Romney's assertion during the first presidential debate that the "systemically important" designation under Dodd-Frank was a the "biggest kiss" to Wall Street.

Capital One knows how to swallow consumer bank operations. But its two recent acquisitions come with a much higher risk of regulatory indigestion.

A suggestion by Federal Reserve Board Gov. Daniel Tarullo that policymakers should cap the size of the largest banks may have a chilling effect on future mergers and acquisitions.

The New York Democrat denies allegations by challenger Christopher Wight that she's abandoned her campaign and is taking votes for granted.

Former FDIC chairman Sheila Bair, who vocally criticized the Citigroup bailouts in her new book, said Friday that she sees few growth prospects for the bank.