Regulation

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner was among 5,000 entrants that participated in the Nation's Triathlon on Sunday, including a 1500-meter swim, 40K bike ride and 10K run.

Agency is reviewing exam and rule-writing policies to explore ways to make regulation more efficient for community banks.

Starting Oct. 1, issuers with effective fraud reduction strategies will be eligible to make more money off debit card transactions. To reap the benefits of the Fed's new rule, banks will need to work together.

Lacking the authority to control fellow regulators' data operations, the Office of Financial Research may still play an important risk management role — but only by getting along with other agencies.

The recent party events in Tampa and Charlotte illustrate just how much relations between bankers and politicians have changed over the past few years.

Increasingly burdensome requirements, such as small business panels and cost-benefit analysis, inhibit writing of new regulations. But substituting enforcement actions that unevenly apply vague or unwritten rules betrays the regulatory mandate.

Maryland residents who were part of a class-action lawsuit against several collection agencies will have their debts erased and lawsuits against them dropped, according to a settlement.

The inclusion of secondary capital as part of credit unions' net worth would give them yet another unfair regulatory advantage over banks.

Treasury is offering to sell $18 billion of American International Group shares in a transaction that will cut the U.S. stake in the firm to below 50% for the first time since its 2008 bailout.

Cashmere Valley Bank in Washington State is a case study of a small bank grappling with the regulatory uncertainties of Dodd-Frank implementation. And it is one of many banks that have looked outside its own IT department for help.