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MetLife to sell its banking operations
Jeff Horwich Sep 22, 2011
Insurance giant MetLife says the move to shrink is aimed at avoiding regulatory scrutiny for financial firms deemed "too big to fail."
How the Dodd-Frank rules are made
David Gura Sep 22, 2011
One year after President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Act, more than 300 new rules for the financial sector are on the way. How banks and other interests go about shaping them is fairly straightforward, at least to start: Write a letter. Get in line to talk to the rule-makers.
How the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will help
Sep 22, 2011
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is set to launch this week. What will be its purpose?
Bank of America earnings disappoint
Sep 22, 2011
An expensive mortgage-backed security settlement and a balance sheet still weighed down by bad loans contributed to a $9 billion second-quarter loss for the largest bank in the country.
Is the ratings agency model broken?
Sep 22, 2011
Julia Coronado, chief economist with the investment bank BNP Paribas, talks about the ratings agency S&P's possible downgrade of U.S. credit, and what ratings agencies mean to modern markets.
Analysts dismiss flawed stress tests
Stephen Beard Sep 22, 2011
In a series of stress tests conducting in Europe, 82 out of 90 European banks were deemed strong enough to survive another financial crisis. But are the tests asking the right questions?
Could bank profits translate into jobs?
Heidi N. Moore Sep 22, 2011
The second-largest U.S. bank said it earned more than $5 billion last quarter, as New York bureau chief Heidi Moore explains.
Banks push bank against regulators' plan to 'claw-back' pay
Mitchell Hartman Sep 22, 2011
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is expected to finalize a proposal today that would require big back executives to return pay if their bank fails.
U.S. banks line up for another bailout
Bob Moon Sep 22, 2011
The latest GOP plan to jumpstart bank lending may leave taxpayers holding the bag.
Fed places new restriction on swipe fees
Sep 22, 2011
Banks were previously able to collect $15 billion a year from swipe fees. Now, the Federal Reserve is capping that, but it doesn't necessarily mean the end of debit cards.
