Retail & Commercial

Regulatory concerns dominated the dialogue at a recent debt collections conference in Chicago. Industry practitioners offered a recipe for operating under strict new oversight and for complying with a raft of new regulations. American Banker editors discuss.

Regulators unveiled a proposal Thursday that would institute tough new liquidity requirements on U.S. financial institutions, acknowledging that their plan is harsher than a global framework suggested by international supervisors.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is suing a Kentucky law firm on allegations that it received illegal kickbacks from certain charges on real estate settlements.

Citigroup is selling mortgage-servicing rights on $63 billion of loans, its largest potential sale of this type since the 2008 financial crisis, according to two people briefed on the offer.

Chad Fuller and Victoria Holstein-Childress have joined the Atlanta law firm to help defend banks against lawsuits and government probes.

Who else but the steely Jedi master to pitch Capital One's new cash rewards card as straightforward and gimmick-free.

Community bankers have become increasingly concerned about the government-sponsored enterprise as it has grown and expanded its client base.

Old Second Bancorp (OSBC) in Aurora, Ill., joined the growing list of banks benefiting from the recapture of its deferred-tax asset valuation allowance.

Home purchases by institutional buyers reached a record high in September and all-cash buyers accounted for almost half of sales as investors responded to rising demand from renters.

The Dallas bank added Charles Hyle as a director and audit panel member because of his background in risk management and credit oversight at KeyCorp and Barclays.