Regulation

Former FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair called Elizabeth Warren a "friend," who "would be a good senator."

Vikram Pandit may have saved Citigroup, but he was never a natural fit as its long-term leader. Now the board is betting Michael Corbat, a company lifer, has the chops.

If your bank is gung-ho to issue prepaid cards, think again. Focus on how to retain checking account customers, rather than emulating Green Dot and Chase and issuing fee-based "prepaid cards" as a new (already outdated) product.

Some Oklahomans may be thankful their state crafted its own settlement with the nation's biggest banks over foreclosure practices following the housing bust.

The CFPB may have found a middle way on the safe harbor vs. "rebuttable presumption" debate in the forthcoming "qualified mortage standard. Lenders might get protection from lawsuits about ability-to-pay considerations, but only when the interest rate is in an average range

The Massachusetts Democrat released an analysis late Monday defending the Dodd-Frank reform law, arguing it sufficiently addressed "too big to fail" institutions and taking issue with criticism Mitt Romney made during the first presidential debate.

The process for assigning Legal Entity Identifiers is causing conflict on the global regulatory scene. At issue: Who gets to assign them? Some folks are just glad the CFTC is rolling ahead with a plan, but members of the official implementation group have concerns about how it might hinder broad adoption.

A report from the CFPB's ombudsman found that problems endemic to mortgage servicing are prevalent in student loan servicing as well.

Bankers question the fairness of some compliance penalties charged by the Small Business Lending Fund, which added 3% to its returns through June 30.

Without one, community banks will face increased risk of litigation they cannot afford. This could push many of them out of the mortgage market.