Bank Regulators

SEC Charges CEO Of Big Florida Bank With Fraud

Reuters | Posted 03.19.2012

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* Securities fraud, accounting fraud alleged * BankAtlantic had accused banking analyst of defamation * Banking operatio...

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Regulators Warns Banks Of 'Effective And Malicious' Hacker Attacks

Posted 08.28.2011

Read More: U.S. Senate, Federal Financial Institutions Council, Bank Hacking, Authentication Mechanisms, Citigroup Inc, Computer Hacking, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Reserve, Banks, Consumers, Bank Regulators, Hackers, Video, Business News

WASHINGTON - Bank regulators warned banks to be on guard against increasingly clever computer hacking on Tuesday, indicating heightened alert agai...

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Under New Rules, Repackaging Mortgages Would Require Big Down Payment

Posted 05.29.2011

Read More: US Lenders, Fdic, Securities and Exchange Commission, Bank Regulators, Down Payment, Dodd Frank, Business News

U.S. lenders would have to offer mortgages with at least a 20 percent down payment if they want to repackage the loan to sell to other investors w...

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In The Public Interest: Checking the "Fact Check" From CFPB Opponents

Ed Mierzwinski | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Elizabeth Warren, Regulations, Finance, Federal Reserve, Wall Street Reform, Cfpb, Congressional Oversight, Banking, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Banks, Bank Regulators, Professor Elizabeth Warren, Consumer Protection, Financial Institutions, Politics News
Ed Mierzwinski

What opponents of the CFPB really fear is that we now have a regulator that will put consumer interests first and hold Wall Street accountable.

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Thrift Supervision Regulators Ignored Risks At WaMu, Says Senate Panel

AP | DANIEL WAGNER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Federal bank regulators failed to stop shoddy lending and excessive risk-taking at Washington Mutual Inc. for years because they we...

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Banks Are Reluctant To Recognize Their Bad Deals

Jerry Chautin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tampa Bay, Occ, Banks, Distressed Assets, Naa, Apartments, Owners, Office of Comptroller of the Currency, Rtc, Office Buildings, Business News, Shopping Centers, Resolution Trust Corporation, Commercial Real Estate, Bank Regulators, Savings and Loans, Naiop, Icsc, Boma, Business News
Jerry Chautin

Once again, lenders are making believe that defaulted-loan problems will go away if they wait long enough. Industry jokesters call it "extend-and-pretend."

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Kerry Killinger, Ex-WaMu CEO, It's 'Unfair' Bank Didn't Get Bailed-Out

AP | MARCY GORDON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: WaMu Mortgages, Option ARM, Washington Mutual, Subprime Lending, Kerry Killinger, WaMu Hearing, WaMu Failure, Fbi, Sec, Wamu, Carl Levin, Bank Regulators, Business News

WASHINGTON — A trio of former Washington Mutual officials and a trove of documents on Tuesday portrayed a pattern of breakneck loan-making and a...

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Government Bank Regulators Got Big Bonuses

AP | MATT APUZZO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bank, Bonus, Bank Regulators, Bank Auditors, Government Regulators, Bank Bailout, Financial Crisis, Wall Street Crisis, Economic Crisis, Fdic, Ots, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, Office of Thrift Supervision, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Business News

WASHINGTON — As banks gambled on the risky mortgages that helped create the worst financial crisis in generations, the U.S. government handed ou...

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Shahien Nasiripour

No Easy Jumpstart To Get Small Business Hiring Again

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tarp, Small Business, Lending, Employment, Main Street, Jobs, Unemployment, Bailout, Loans, Job, Financial Crisis, Hiring, Banks, Wall Street, Job Creation, Bank Regulators, Small Businesses, Transparency, Business News

As 130 business, labor and thought leaders converge on the White House today to discuss ways to create more jobs, the nation's main engine for job cre...

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