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8 Jun 2010, 8:18 am
A handful of lobbying firms have dominated the business of representing financial services firms in their efforts to battle an overhaul of regulations governing the industry, according to an analysis by the Center for Public Integrity. [read post]
6 May 2013, 12:17 pm
Bank of America has reached a deal with MBIA over disputes stemming from insurance coverage of mortgage-backed securities. [read post]
22 Dec 2010, 1:13 pm
The repayments by the six banks generated $2.7 billion in proceeds for taxpayers, according to the Treasury Department. [read post]
25 May 2010, 4:29 pm
Representative Barney Frank said he would support strong derivatives regulation as head of the conference committee melding the House and Senate versions of the financial regulatory bill. [read post]
15 Jun 2010, 11:49 pm
House and Senate negotiators voted Tuesday to strip new conflict-of-interest rules for credit rating agencies out of a sweeping overhaul of the nation's financial regulatory system, leaving in place a process that was a cause of the 2008 financial crisis. [read post]
29 Aug 2011, 9:29 am
JPMorgan Chase says it will waive A.T.M. fees for those in hurricane-affected areas through Sept. 4, while Bank of America deploys mobile A.T.M.'s. [read post]
4 Jan 2011, 1:12 pm
Elizabeth Warren, the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, announced an agreement to streamline the supervision of nonbank financial firms, including payday lenders, student lenders and mortgage companies. [read post]
24 May 2010, 2:31 pm
Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts, a sharp critic of Wall Street and close ally of the Obama administration, will head a House-Senate conference committee to hammer out a final bill on financial regulation. [read post]
21 Mar 2012, 5:45 am
The Hartford Financial Services Group said on Wednesday that it would put up most of its life insurance business for sale, acceding to demands from one of its biggest shareholders, Paulson & Company. [read post]
25 May 2010, 10:44 am
The senators on the House-Senate conference committee on the financial regulatory bill are coming from the Banking Committee and the Agriculture Committee. [read post]
14 Nov 2012, 10:34 am
Excerpts from a broader MF Global report to be released on Thursday outline a withering critique of Jon S. Corzine's 19-month tenure at the brokerage firm, which collapsed more than a year ago. [read post]
20 Jun 2011, 2:08 pm
Even though Republican senators have stymied the White House from naming a director, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will formally open its doors on July 21. [read post]
21 May 2010, 3:13 pm
The financial regulatory bill is going to a House-Senate conference committee, which will determine how tough it is on Wall Street. [read post]
1 Jul 2010, 2:09 pm
After two and a half years, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods feels it's safe again to consider non-distressed bank mergers, as the firm revived its list of potential banking deal targets. [read post]
31 Jan 2013, 1:41 pm
College students are not a group that immediately comes to mind when we think of “vulnerable” populations but once you start looking at their circumstances it becomes clear: college students need help. Financial control is likely new to most students, it might even be the first time many students pay a bill on their own. Then there are student loans, already a major headache for many. To further complicate matters, many colleges offer financial “products” in… [read post]
6 Feb 2013, 12:07 pm
Now that a third bank has settled a case involving manipulation of Libor, other firms ensnared have a guidebook on what to expect when negotiating their own agreements. [read post]
12 Mar 2010, 3:00 pm
Senator Christopher J. Dodd of Connecticut, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, could face stiff opposition from some vocal members of his own party if his revised bill on financial regulation does not go far enough to curb the problem of banks that are too big to fail. [read post]
23 May 2013, 6:44 pm
Citigroup’s ideas were reflected in more than 70 lines of one 85-line bill. [read post]
31 Jan 2010, 4:41 pm
The market collapse of 2008 and resulting financial crisis have led to significant reflection on a number of systemic features of our financial markets and on the stability of institutions that play significant roles in their function.
That reflection has produced a fresh round of legal scholarship on what role – if any – the federal Bankruptcy Code should play in addressing the financial difficulties of these institutions. In a recent paper, Columbia’s Harvey R. Miller Professor of Law… [read post]
17 Nov 2009, 2:53 pm
Today, eight federal financial regulatory agencies issued a final Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act ("GLBA") model privacy notice. The final model notice incorporates financial institutions' required disclosures pursuant to Section 503 of the GLBA. The GLBA requires, in relevant part, that financial institutions provide consumers with information regarding their collection and sharing of nonpublic personal information. Financial institutions that adopt the final model notice will be deemed in compliance… [read post]