Regulation

After failing to push forward on any bills during the past two years, the Senate Banking Committee may finally be ready to reopen Dodd-Frank, writes American Banker's Victoria Finkle.

The first legal challenge to Dodd-Frank is baseless says the Department of Justice.

Bankers should be a resource for their communities beyond making loans and sponsoring little league teams. Here are a few fresh ways to get involved.

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro is leaving the agency.

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro said Monday that she is stepping down as the agency's head.

Whataburger Restaurants LLC has dropped its lawsuit against collection agency giant NCO Financial Systems.

To prove and defend their capital adequacy, community banks must focus on linking the results of stress testing to the core principles that underlie Basel III's stand-alone ratios.

After a relative lull the past two years, the Senate Banking Committee may be poised to advance a corrections bill to the Dodd-Frank reform law next year, and begin work on other issues like mortgage finance reform.

Nancy Sheppard, who plans to retire next year as CEO of the Western Independent Bankers, wisely pushed the group out of lobbying and into executive training, bankers say.

Willing sellers have pretty much replaced failed banks among targets with less than $1 billion of assets. Volume has perked up in other size classes simultaneously.