Regulation

Freddie Mac and its regulator must do more to ensure loan servicers properly respond to complaints over handling of mortgages held or guaranteed by the U.S.-owned company, according to a government watchdog's audit report.

To settle a New York state probe of alleged collusion and price gouging by banks and insurers, the country's largest force-placed insurance company will lower its rates and cease making payments to banks.

A judge in New Jersey limited Spencer Savings Bank's ability to control the process for director nominations.

Money was never meant to be a method of supranational identity tracking. Its use in that way could signal law enforcement desperation. When all other tactics fail, surveil the finances.

In a little-noticed speech last month, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray laid out a new, unified way of thinking about several of the hot-button issues the agency is currently tackling.

Lawmakers and banking regulators are showing irrational exuberance, says risk management expert and veteran banker Richard J. Parsons.

Quiet financial markets permit greater leverage and risk taking, helping lower volatility further — until a large shock arrives. Then, hold on to your hats… Plus: Fed raises bar on stress tests; why the exercise is an opportunity for banks.

To calm anger about "too big to fail," bankers should support repeal of Title II of Dodd-Frank and support the nomination of Richard Cordray to lead the CFPB.

WASHINGTON — Trading revenues in the fourth quarter hit a record high despite being down from the previous quarter due to seasonal trends, according to a report issued Wednesday by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

A push is on in Congress to reinstate a program that allowed small businesses to refinance commercial mortgages using government-backed funds.