Regulation

The FDIC board Thursday approved stricter resolution plans for larger banks and introduced a new bipartisan procedure to expedite merger application reviews.

Economic downturns are inevitable, but regulatory overreaction to them shouldn't be. We need to rethink the way banks are allowed to recover from economic shocks.

A report on efforts to deconflict federal cybersecurity regulations found the Treasury in particular has not completed its recommendations.

For a country that relies on the energy and drive of immigrants to the extent that the U.S. does, it's surprisingly hard for them to get bank accounts. It's time to reassess what we mean by money-laundering risks.

A recent white paper from former Federal Reserve Gov. Daniel Tarullo suggests that the stress testing regime should be decoupled from bank capital requirements. But if stress testing isn't an effective means of assigning minimum regulatory capital levels, what is?

In this month's roundup of top banking news: a Supreme Court ruling on CFPB funding, TD Bank's money laundering woes, an FDIC workplace probe reveals a culture of misconduct and more.

Shan Hanes, who led Heartland Tri-State Bank in Kansas until it failed last year, pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement by a bank officer. He now faces up to 30 years in prison. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 8.

New York Community Bank's acquisition of the failed Signature Bank helped with its liquidity. But there were other considerations that decisionmakers overlooked in allowing the transaction to take place.

There were significant red flags that regulators overlooked when allowing New York Community Bank to acquire Signature Bank. Those include the fact that the company was still integrating the Flagstar Bank transaction.

Executives at the Toronto-based bank said last year that they planned to add 150 branches in the United States. But when pressed on Thursday, they could not say how much they'll scale back their ambitions due to investigations over TD's anti-money laundering practices.