Regulation

The mood at a consumer finance conference Friday was one of anxiety about the pace of the housing recovery, the onslaught of new rules and the federal government's long-term role in housing finance.

President Obama formally approves confirmations of Martin Gruenberg to run the FDIC and for Thomas Hoenig to be the vice chairman.

Policymakers appear unwilling to take on the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as they face other issues and the housing market begins to recover.

A bill to merge the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has been introduced by Reps. Barney Frank and Mike Capuano.

This newly discovered, expanded version of Aesop's most famous fable bears an eerie resemblance to the modern day and sheds new light on its tragic moral.

After 33 years as a lobbyist for the American Bankers Association, Peter Blocklin is retiring from the trade group. He plans to open a small consulting firm called Rotunda Strategies.

Small banks face a tough outlook for 2013, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau warns credit reporting firms, Barney Frank's impact on banking.

Legal Helpers Debt Resolution collected an estimated $2.5 million in fees from Oregon residents since 2009, despite not being registered to conduct business in the state as required by law.

A lawsuit filed Thursday claims Swedish Covenant Hospital, a nonprofit Chicago facility, violated the state's charity care provisions.

FDIC board member Thomas Hoenig proposes corresponding a bank's required capital minimum to its Camels rating and subjecting big banks to more detailed exams.