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Dimon's $2 Billion Bet Proves the Volcker Rule
May 11, 2012 @ 11:43 AM | By Phil Albinus

As Wall Street firms were making a case against Dodd-Frank and The Volcker Rule, JP Morgan loses big on a prop trading bet that blew up in their face.

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Cordray: Overdraft Fees Similar to Payday Loans
February 23, 2012 @ 10:19 AM | By Bryan Yurcan

The head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said the agency will scrutinize the practice.

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Why Banks Should Support CFPB's Cordray
January 05, 2012 @ 12:05 PM | By Katherine Burger

A day after a recess appointment officially made him head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Richard Cordray defended the agency's role, reported on accomplishments so far, and identified upcoming agenda items -- including more scrutiny of non-banks.

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Collateral Benefits: Reducing Inefficiencies in Collateral Management
December 26, 2011 @ 15:03 PM | By Bob Gach and Owen Jelf, Accenture

Banks historically treated collateral management as something of an afterthought, but there are opportunities and profits for those can that get this function right.

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What Is Barney Frank's Legacy?
November 28, 2011 @ 11:20 AM | By Katherine Burger

Barney Frank, the co-author of the Dodd-Frank legislation and advocate of tougher bank regulation, is expected to announce he will not seek reelection to Congress in 2012; he will leave mixed legacy for the financial services industry.

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Lawsuit Over ATM Fees Latest in Banks' PR Woes
October 20, 2011 @ 11:14 AM | By Bryan Yurcan

A lawsuit alleges that Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo conspired with card issuers Visa and MasterCard to fix out-of-network prices.

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Q&A: An Expert View on How Sept. 11 Affected the Banking Industry
September 09, 2011 @ 09:56 AM | By Olivia LaBarre

Deloitte's Michael Zeldin says that banks have increasingly turned to technology to help keep up with regulations resulting from the terrorist attacks.

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Coexisting with Financial Services Reform: Survival of the Fleetest?
May 04, 2011 @ 16:14 PM | By Phillip Faulkner, MetraTech

How can banks navigate the new landscape constrained by macro-economic conditions and decreases in interest revenue combined with implementation of higher fees to make up for revenue losses?

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Elizabeth Warren Visits The Daily Show, Defends Consumer Agency
April 27, 2011 @ 10:33 AM | By Matt Gunn

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau faces a "knife in the back" from lobbyists and special interests who seek to pull its teeth, Warren suggests.

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Battle Royale: Durbin Defends Durbin From Dimon
April 22, 2011 @ 12:49 PM | By Matt Gunn

Sen. Dick Durbin's response to JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon's anti-Durbin Amendment rhetoric shows the fight against debit interchange fee regulation has only just begun.

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A Good Problem to Have
March 23, 2011 @ 10:00 AM | By Katherine Burger

For banks, there will be growing demand for workers/professionals with expertise in areas as diverse as social media, analytics, customer service, and, yes, application development and maintenance.

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Elizabeth Warren Courting Banks Across the U.S.
March 15, 2011 @ 10:51 AM | By Penny Crosman

In what the Wall Street Journal calls a "charm offensive," the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been criss-crossing the country trying to win bankers over.

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CFPB's Top Cop Vows to Go After Non-Banks As Well As Banks
March 09, 2011 @ 09:54 AM | By Penny Crosman

Richard Cordray, the new head of enforcement at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, shared his top five priorities yesterday. Bankers will be glad to know that two of them are streamlining regulation and policing non-banks.

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Regulation Implementation Paralysis — Painful or Not?
March 07, 2011 @ 11:57 AM | By Bill Bradway

With regulatory change in the works, not being prepared to participate in the related propose-feedback-publish process can be bad for financial institutions and their bank technology vendors.

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MERS, Under Attack, Says It Can't Be Blamed for the Mortgage Mess
March 07, 2011 @ 10:32 AM | By Penny Crosman

Homeowners and county recordkeepers have been challenging the massive MERS mortgage database in courts all over the country. But while MERS is losing many of these cases, it's winning some, too.

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Community Banker, Wall Streeters Hired to CFPB Posts
February 18, 2011 @ 07:19 AM | By Penny Crosman

Ex-bankers from Deutsche Bank, Capital One Financial, Morgan Stanley, Philadelphia National Bank and Start Community Bank to join the consumer protection agency for financial services.

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What's in Store for 5,195 Small Community Banks in the U.S.?
February 08, 2011 @ 10:12 AM | By Art Gillis

What small banks need to do to evade extinction.

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Mark to Market for Lending Dies -- Good News or Not?
February 07, 2011 @ 10:48 AM | By Bill Bradway

Although a mark-to-market rule for bank loans is off the table, loan troubles persist.

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CFPB Meets YouTube
February 04, 2011 @ 09:31 AM | By Penny Crosman

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new website courts consumers with friendly video messages.

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Banking Is Ruined Forever, Or At Least Until Lawmaker Reform Takes Place
January 28, 2011 @ 09:29 AM | By Art Gillis

A synopsis of the financial crisis.

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