Risk management

Examiners focus too much on how many suspicious activity reports banks file and too little on the true riskiness of their activities, according to lawmakers and industry representatives.

The proposal lays out principles in three critical areas: the effectiveness of senior management, handling of the firm’s business line and the independent risk management structures within a banking organization.

After a six-month transition period, Mark Midkiff will succeed Bill Hartmann later this year.

Fannie Mae's serious delinquency rate climbed to a high not seen since March 2017, but remained lower than it was 12 months prior.

Maria Zuber, who oversees research administration and policy at MIT, has been appointed to the board's enterprise risk and corporate governance committees.

The central bank should take new steps to ensure that examiners do not become too cozy with the big banks they supervise, a government watchdog said.

Cutting payments helps stave off default, but principal reduction on underwater loans and lower consumer debt levels are less effective, according to JPMorgan Chase Institute's new study of post-crisis modifications.

The banks fell in global regulators’ ranking of the institutions that pose the biggest threats to the financial system, and authorities recommended they face lower capital surcharges.

While the Bank of America chief says he is encouraged by progress on tax reform, he cautioned that it remains politically and fiscally tough to accomplish, and that the wrong moves on immigration could offset some of the gains from tax cuts.

For much of the last decade, credit card companies and issuers have fine-tuned security to the point where if any suspicious activity occurs on a cardholder account, that cardholder will receive an alert. That same sort of transaction and behavioral analytics is starting to come into other business sectors and walks of life.

Richard Berner, who has headed the Office of Financial Research since its inception, said Monday he will resign by yearend to spend time with family.

Regions Financial's chief credit officer is leading a transformation in the way the company manages risk in its loan portfolio.

The $30 million acquisition has hit a snag over problems with Franklin’s commercial real estate portfolio.

As Huntington's chief regulatory liaison, Helga Houston deserves much of the credit for the fact that the Fed approved the FirstMerit acquisition in just 185 days.

Barb Godin is one of two women on the 15-member operating committee at Regions Financial.

Paulette Mullings Bradnock is the first woman to hold the title of chief auditor at the venerable bank.

The Oregon bank has expanded the role of its chief credit officer to include oversight of risk management.

Banks should not point blame at the credit bureau but rather should step up and demonstrate their commitment to their customers. If you punt the problem to Equifax, it suggests you don’t really care.

Serving on multiple boards while holding full-time executive positions weakens a director’s ability to fulfill the governance demands at complex institutions.

New York’s banking regulator ordered Habib Bank Ltd. to pay $225 million and surrender its license to operate in the state, effectively removing Pakistan’s largest lender from the U.S. financial system.