Regulation

The measure would also ban bonuses to executives at Fannie and Freddie, while requiring firms that sell information they gather on Capitol Hill to hedge funds to register as lobbyists.

Regulators say coordination is a high priority, but under Dodd-Frank institutions of varying sizes and charters will face different regimes.

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said the administration will release new details on a plan for GSE reform in the coming months, but said he doesn't expect legislation to advance this year.

The Senate approved an amendment to stop Fannie and Freddie from paying bonuses and a separate measure that would require members of Congress to disclose the terms of their mortgages.

Analysts and former regulators debate whether last year's decline in new regulatory orders means things are improving for the banking industry, or if regulators are simply running out of sick banks to flag.

Nearly one year after the Treasury Department outlined a broad strategy for housing finance reform, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said Thursday the administration will finally outline more specific plans in the next few months.

Facebook's payments revenue is growing dramatically each year — and its digital currency could soon threaten banks as it moves into more traditional channels.

The Small Business Lending Fund is projected to generate an $80 million profit, rather than the $1.3 billion cost initially estimated, according to a Treasury Department report.

Bernanke pushed back against House Republican criticisms that the Fed had no business issuing an unsolicited white paper detailing ways to potentially fix the housing market.

The FDIC has fined Stuart Voigt, a former Vikings player, and wants to ban him from banking after accusing him of improper dealings as chairman of a Minnesota bank.