Policy & Regulation

Months after a Fed report on executive compensation at banks was expected to be released, Rep. Lloyd Doggett seeks answers.

Great Southern Bancorp Inc. in Springfield, Mo., said Wednesday that had repurchases a series of warrants held by the Treasury Department as part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

More than a year after the Dodd-Frank Act was supposed to put the issue to rest, the question of whether "too big to fail" still exists is once again consuming the financial services industry.

Yields on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage securities that guide home-loan rates tumbled relative to Treasuries after the Federal Reserve said it will reinvest proceeds from past purchases of housing debt into the bonds.

American Banker editors discuss the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding and structure.

The Fed launched "Operation Twist," agreeing to sell $400 billion in short-term Treasuries in exchange for longer-term holdings by next June to help bolster U.S. economy.

Chief executives of small banks discuss efforts to find new sources of non-interest income and cuts costs at a recent industry conference.

BB&T, which took over Colonial Bank after it was seized by regulators, is now asking one of those authorities, the FDIC, to protect it from a $300 million suit brought by creditors of the Alabama bank's former parent, Colonial BancGroup.

The Treasury Department Wednesday announced a secondary public offering for warrants to purchase shares in SunTrust Banks Inc., one of the financial institutions it bailed out during the financial crisis.

Royal Bank of Canada Chief Executive Gordon Nixon said Tuesday the uneven regulatory playing field among the world's banks is "a source of frustration."