Regulation

The controversial industry will soon be regulated for the first time on a nationwide basis. Here’s a guide to what's coming.

Regulators are expected to stick close to their original plan to establish how much the biggest banks are allowed to borrow against their total balance sheets when they issue a final rule on Tuesday. But that doesn't mean there isn't room for a significant twist.

Programs to help underwater borrowers with second liens are languishing and the Treasury's authority to create and fund new ones under the Troubled Asset Relief Program expired several years ago.

The House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing on Tuesday with senior regulatory officials, exploring the costs of recent rulemakings and other agency actions.

The DOJ's initiative ensures that federal and state laws are not circumvented by predatory lenders … and gives federal authorities a chance to fix a very broken industry.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency named agency veteran Gary Whalen deputy comptroller for economic policy and analysis effective April 6.

Ginnie Mae is declaring its reverse mortgage securitizations off-limits for a new type of product that would require the servicer to take interest rate risk.

Rep. Scott Garrett, R-N.J., a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee, introduced a bill Thursday designed to increase transparency at the Financial Stability Oversight Council.

The Federal Reserve rejected capital plans for three foreign-owned banks, which need time and millions of dollars in investments to make the requisite tech upgrades in order to comply.

A U.S. magistrate judge in North Carolina dealt a blow to government efforts to use the 1980s-era Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act to penalize big banks, but many experts say the decision — which is not binding — may just be a temporary glitch.