Law and regulation

The Financial Stability Oversight Council, designed under the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act to identify risks to the stability of the financial system, labeled Prudential Financial as a risky nonbank financial company last Thursday.

A Connecticut bankruptcy attorney and her outsourced legal support services provider filed a lawsuit in federal court accusing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau of overstepping its authority in asking for privileged and sensitive information.

A new report from the Tarp inspector general says the Treasury Department failed to analyze its own data to determine which borrowers were most at risk of losing their homes to foreclosure after receiving government support.

The House Financial Services Committee was expected to approve a Republican-backed bill to remove government support in a new housing finance system, but senators continue to back a more bipartisan approach that preserves a federal backstop.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed a federal complaint Tuesday against Castle & Cooke Mortgage for giving bonuses to loan officers who allegedly steered consumers into mortgages with higher interest rates.

Prudential Financial was given the opportunity to challenge its designation as a "systemically important financial institution" in a closed-door hearing with the Financial Stability Oversight Council.

Until banks' RWA disclosures improve and become more uniform globally, capital ratios will remain a mystery to many journalists, investors, banks and even some supervisors.

A Senate Banking Committee hearing Tuesday addressed growing concerns that Wall Street institutions have too much influence in controlling commodity prices.

The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Trendon Shavers with defrauding investors of nearly $150,000 worth of bitcoins through Bitcoin Savings and Trust, an online investment scheme he ran, and of making false claims while soliciting investments online in 2011 and 2012.

The outspoken CEO has nothing but praise for the Basel Committee and says bankers have little to fear from the CFPB.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued a Texas man over claims he operated a Ponzi scheme involving Bitcoin, the virtual currency that has recently attracted investors including Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss.

The Corker-Warner bill and House GOP bill both understand that the fundamental GSE model is insidious and needs to be definitively terminated.

The Federal Reserve Board has terminated enforcement actions with Royal Bancshares of Pennsylvania in Narberth and First Pryority Bank in Pryor, Okla.

Securing an economically and fiscally sensible approach to housing finance reform is taking a backseat to entrenched political views on both sides of the aisle.

Second quarter marks against securities have ranged to 5% or more of tangible equity, but markets have looked past the losses and bid up bank stocks.

Canada's Competition Tribunal dismissed a case against MasterCard Inc. and Visa Inc. over rules that require merchants to accept credit cards with higher fees without imposing surcharges.

With the July 16 confirmation of Richard Cordray, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is prepared to take an aggressive step forward in its third year.

WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is already the busiest federal bank regulator in recent memory, but with a Senate-confirmed director finally at the helm two years after the bureau's launch, it's only going to get more aggressive.

With Richard Cordray here to stay, the Consumer Financial Protection on its second anniversary is poised to expand rules, accelerate enforcement actions and resolve looming staff uncertainties.

Three years after the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act, regulators are quick to assent with one another on one thing: coming to an agreement over joint rules has become quite the obstacle.