Regulation

The Senate Banking Committee may be poised to amend Dodd-Frank next year and begin work on other issues, like mortgage finance reform.

Take care of your management team last, not the other way around. Vet new ideas through risk management and audit committees, not the marketing and sales department. Manage incentive compensation around risk-adjusted performance metrics.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon would be the best person to lead the Treasury Department in a financial crisis, billionaire investor Warren Buffett said on PBS' Charlie Rose.

The chief executive of Monarch Financial Holdings (MNRK) in Chesapeake, Va., has been elected to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond's board.

Let the games begin. Mary Schapiro hadn't even officially announced her resignation before the New York Times and other media outlets were speculating on who might succeed her. Following is the current running list. Who do you think is the best choice? Should other names be included? Let us know in the comments section below.

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro, who took the post in 2009, will be leaving the agency next month.

SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro is leaving the agency, after helping turn around its tarnished reputation in the wake of the financial crisis.

Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney was unexpectedly named head of the Bank of England as the U.K. government looked abroad for a candidate untainted by financial turmoil.

Morgan Keegan is going to trial before a judge whose decision to throw out regulators' claims the retail brokerage misled thousands of investors about the risks of auction-rate securities was reversed on appeal.

Community banks in energy-rich North Dakota are having to get regulators' approval to buy houses for their employees, who can no longer afford to live there.