Regulation

The big banks' mortgage woes keep piling up, in a backlog that is likely to drag down their profits — and a broader housing recovery — for the foreseeable future.

Industry observers agree that the bureau's authority will be challenged in court, but it's unclear when and where the lawsuit will come from.

"Rich" Cordray (as his sidekick Raj Date calls him) is being unfairly stigmatized by press references to him as "5-time Jeopardy winner." As if that were his greatest qualification!

My guess is that Shaun Donovan and Tim Geithner are burning the midnight oil and firing up the afterburners in attempts to wrap this agreement up by Tuesday’s State of the Union address.

Tennessee Commerce Bancorp has missed a regulatory deadline for improving its capital ratios and is now warning investors that it is likely to fail if it is unable to raise fresh capital or find a buyer.

U.K. proposals requiring banks to ring fence their retail operations in separate units will be compatible with new EU financial regulation, the European Union's single market chief said Monday.

The Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act, two bills that would have relied on payment companies to block funding to websites accused of content theft, were put on hold Friday.

WASHINGTON — In the first three closures of the year, regulators shuttered institutions in Georgia, Florida and Pennsylvania.

Kelly King is bullish about BB&T's growth opportunity this year, and he believes the company has many options when it comes to M&A.

Forcing owners of narrow-purpose banks to become bank holding companies could cause certain institutions to dissolve, but have a relatively minor impact on the industry at large, a government report said Friday.