Regulation

The agency said Wednesday that it recouped roughly $149 million from selling preferred stock in Alpine Banks of Colorado in Glenwood Springs; Yadkin Valley Financial (YAVY) in Elkin, N.C.; First Community Financial Partners (FCMP) in Joliet, Ill.; F&M Financial in Clarksville, Tenn.; and F & M Financial in Salisbury, N.C.

You can't write or say anything about Dodd-Frank these days without being accused of taking sides.

The Federal Reserve Board has entered into separate written agreements with Doral Financial (DRL) and State Bank of Geneva.

You can't write or say anything about Dodd-Frank these days without being accused of taking sides.

In remarks planned for American Banker's Regulatory Symposium, the potential candidate for House Financial Services chairman holds little back in criticizing the central bank.

Prepared remarks from Rep. Scott Garrett, R-N.J., who is delivering the opening keynote address at American Banker's Regulatory Symposium in Washington today.

Continued monetary easing by the Fed would further squeeze margins, encourage undue risk-taking, and spark prepayments in bond portfolios without juicing loan demand, community bankers warn.

The Santa Rosa, Calif., thrift is the latest lender to be targeted by the Justice Department for allegedly discriminating against minorities.

If housing continues to show signs of stabilization, it is possible that the FHA's mortgage insurance fund will not require a bailout. The agency's been smart lately, but also lucky.

Former FDIC chairman William Isaac and former Wells Fargo CEO Richard Kovacevich argue that had Dodd-Frank been in place before the mortgage crisis, the legislation would not have prevented it. What was really at lacking, they said in a CNBC interview, was regulatory leadership.