Regulation

D.C. bureau chief Rob Blackwell on the key takeaways from American Banker's Regulatory Symposium.

Citizens First National Bank in Princeton, Ill., has been ordered by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to beef up its capital levels and clean up its loan portfolio.

Even when the overseas problem gets fixed, capital rules and other uncertainties will have to be resolved before deals really get rolling.

At its second hearing on the deal, Capital One said its merger with ING's online bank unit was the safest option for the system.

Bankers have reacted well to acting FDIC chief Gruenberg's first speech since taking helm of the agency, but say actions will speak louder than words.

Four Chicago-area companies and attorneys involved in alleged fraudulent mortgage rescue and loan modification schemes have been sued by Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan's office for illegally charging consumers.

Adding to the opposition against National Credit Union Association’s proposal to require financial reporting from credit union service organizations, Credit Union 24 is organizing a letter-writing campaign urging withdrawal of the initiative.

Freddie Mac relied on a botched loan review process for key data used to justify its landmark settlement with Bank of America, the FHFA's inspector general has concluded.

U.S. banks would have to change the way they compensate traders involved in market-making activities under one of the proposed restrictions of the so-called Volcker rule, according to a draft circulating among regulators.

Many financial institutions have eliminated their free checking accounts, and the fees they are charging rose this year, according to new research from Bankrate.com.