Regulation

New York financial regulator Benjamin Lawsky is urging the state to make it harder for debt collectors to win court judgments using shoddy documentation.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) has reached a tentative resolution of all civil mortgage-bond related matters with the Department of Justice under which it will pay a record $13 billion, a person familiar with settlement talks said.

JPMorgan Chase's settlement talks with U.S. authorities over its sale of mortgage bonds include a tentative agreement for about $4 billion with the Federal Housing Finance Agency, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Enforcement actions relating to anti-money laundering rules and the Bank Secrecy Act were a prominent theme in the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's monthly round-up of orders issued from late August through September.

FHFA Acting Director Ed DeMarco has been vague about why the regulator rejected Fannie’s force-placed proposal, a decision that has drawn sharp criticism from consumer advocates.

The qualified mortgage rule remains the big unknown in the mortgage industry just three months before it's scheduled to become law of the land. We speak with officers of the New York Association of Mortgage Brokers about how they're prepping for this brave new world.

For a company facing as much public scrutiny as JPMorgan Chase (JPM), even the smallest strategic move can ignite a firestorm of speculation about what’s really behind its actions.

A recap of the informed opinions (and the discussions they generated) on BankThink this week.

The Federal Trade Commission should take more steps to police the acquiring industry and halt fraudulent practices, says Robert Carr, longtime CEO of Heartland Payment Systems Inc.

Regulators are finalizing the details of a proposal designed to help buffer against a prolonged market crisis by instituting a liquidity requirement for financial institutions. The proposal is expected as early as this summer.