Regulation

Steven Antonakes, the chief of supervision, enforcement and fair lending at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, brings a track record of fairness to an agency attacked for being hostile to banking.

Vikram Pandit bows out, housing powers higher, banks face new cyber-attacks

The National Credit Union Administration has selected a former examiner to serve as the agency's next executive director, Chairman Debbie Matz announced Thursday.

Regulators can solve the supersized bank problem by removing barriers to market forces. The most important step is to offset the implicit senior debt funding subsidy.

The Bipartisan Policy Center is launching Financial Regulatory Reform Initiative to evaluate the effectiveness of the Dodd-Frank Act.

NCR received a subpoena from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over a whistle-blower’s claims that it may have violated anti-bribery laws.

Anyone waiting for a robust discussion of housing policy by the presidential candidates is unlikely to be satisfied. Not only did the issue never come up during the debates, but President Obama and GOP challenger Mitt Romney haven't said much on the issue at all.

Officials say servicing problems for service members with student loans are comparable to issues facing mortgage borrowers in the military.

Student loan borrowers have been sharing their complaints with the CFPB, and the stories "bear an uncanny resemblance to problematic practices uncovered in the mortgage servicing business," says the agency's student loan ombudsman in a report to Congress.

Republicans will most likely keep control of the House next term, but several GOP freshmen on the House Financial Services Committee are facing tough reelection contests.