Regulation

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's implementation of the statute banning "abusive" conduct through enforcement action instead of rulemaking is not sustainable.

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A proposal that would require the biggest banks to issue long-term debt as a backstop to prevent another government bailout could instead instigate one, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Vice Chairman Thomas Hoenig said Thursday.

Marketplace lenders are still so new that their business model is untested and unproven, raising fears both for consumers and the industry at large, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. officials and several bankers said Thursday.

National Bank Holdings in Greenwood Village, Colo., has filed an application to convert NBH Bank from a national association to a Colorado state-charted bank.

Fannie Mae was affected by the same derivatives accounting mismatch that led to Freddie Mac's first quarterly loss in four years. But its bulk and balance sheet provided enough cushion for the larger of the two government-sponsored enterprises to post a profit for the third quarter.

The regulators' annual Shared National Credits review found nearly 10% of large, syndicated credits demonstrated some form of weakness, most of which were leveraged loans. But renewed concerns about energy loans also cropped up.

WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is not alone in having racial disparities in its performance reviews, according to a report issued Thursday by the Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee.

WASHINGTON — The House passed a massive $340 billion transportation bill on Thursday, striking two key provisions hated by the banking industry while adding several other measures that could affect financial institutions.

Financial institutions are often thought of as major consumers of technology, but a pair of recent examples show that more tech is being developed in-house and, once proven feasible, monetizing it. Expect more spin-offs, observers predict.