Read more bank regulation stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/28201/bank-regulation.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:46:57 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74369/danger-signs-ignored-at-failed-banks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tag"Post-mortems" on banks that failed during the financial crisis are exposing serious misjudgment by state and federal regulators. Inspectors-general are finding at bank after bank that regulators were aware that risky and potentially toxic loans were being made while the economy was booming, but failed to take action, the New...http://www.newser.com/story/74369/danger-signs-ignored-at-failed-banks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 3:43:11 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73751/financial-reform-how-to-prevent-another-greenspan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThere's a lot riding on reform of the financial industry, but the administration's plans to overhaul financial regulation carries the seeds of its own destruction, writes Thomas Frank. Taking oversight away from the present confusing array of agencies and making the Federal Reserve One Big Regulator means that when the...http://www.newser.com/story/73751/financial-reform-how-to-prevent-another-greenspan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 9:44:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73724/dodd-unveils-sweeping-financial-overhaul-bill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChris Dodd introduced a sweeping financial regulation bill that creates no fewer than three new agencies to oversee the banking industry. Dodd’s bill creates an Agency for Financial Stability to identify systemic risks to the economy as a whole. It entrusts all bank supervision to the Financial Institutions Regulatory Administration,...http://www.newser.com/story/73724/dodd-unveils-sweeping-financial-overhaul-bill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Nov 2009 14:41:22 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73392/dodd-declares-war-with-senate-bank-bill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Senate bill that would fundamentally change the structure of banking regulation is headed for a clash with both the House and the White House. Christopher Dodd is readying a proposal to strip the Fed and FDIC of almost all bank-supervision powers, creating in their place a new agency that...http://www.newser.com/story/73392/dodd-declares-war-with-senate-bank-bill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Nov 2009 7:34:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72729/geithner-to-bankers-crackdown-is-war.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTim Geithner had tough words for Wall Street bankers yesterday, telling the financial industry's annual conference that they had no credibility to protest new regulation. The Treasury secretary said government had a responsibility to crack down on dangerous practices on the Street and design new laws allowing seizures of institutions...http://www.newser.com/story/72729/geithner-to-bankers-crackdown-is-war.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 28 Oct 2009 7:30:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72552/frank-geithner-to-roll-out-too-big-to-fail-bill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter months of negotiations, Congress and the Obama administration are ready to introduce new rules on financial institutions deemed "too big to fail." Barney Frank, who heads the House Financial Services Committee, will present a bill as soon as this week that will let the government seize companies, fire executives,...http://www.newser.com/story/72552/frank-geithner-to-roll-out-too-big-to-fail-bill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 26 Oct 2009 6:57:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72173/obama-dems-are-free-market-crusaders.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe champions of the free market are on the march, but it's not who you think. It’s the Democrats who want to put health insurance on open exchanges where consumers can easily compare them, with a public option to inject competition into an “oligopolistic market,” points out Harold Meyerson of...http://www.newser.com/story/72173/obama-dems-are-free-market-crusaders.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Oct 2009 11:01:22 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70449/wall-street-doing-its-best-to-buy-schumer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith a vote looming on Barack Obama’s plan to revamp financial regulations, Wall Street has shoveled $10.6 million into Senate campaign chests this year. Most of that money, $7.7 million, has gone to Democrats, and more than 15% has gone to one man: Chuck Schumer. Schumer’s $1.65...http://www.newser.com/story/70449/wall-street-doing-its-best-to-buy-schumer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 28 Sep 2009 10:07:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70243/volcker-obama-plan-may-lead-to-more-bailouts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA top White House economic adviser says the Obama administration's proposed overhaul of financial rules preserves the policy of "too big to fail" and could lead to future bailouts. Former Fed chief Paul Volcker told Congress that by designating some companies as critical to the broader financial system, the plans...http://www.newser.com/story/70243/volcker-obama-plan-may-lead-to-more-bailouts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 24 Sep 2009 17:27:42 CDT