Financial Regulatory Forum

By David Lawder
WASHINGTON, Oct 23 (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department is considering ways to provide support through its bailout program to community development loan funds, a senior Treasury official said on Friday.
Gene Sperling, counselor to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, said loan fund support could be developed as an extension to efforts unveiled this week to provide more capital to small banks and other community lenders through the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).

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By Karey Wutkowski
WASHINGTON, Oct 23 (Reuters) – U.S. pay czar Kenneth Feinberg emphasized on Friday his ability to claw back pay at any company receiving a taxpayer bailout, but said such an extreme action “will be rare and far between.”

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WASHINGTON, Oct 22 (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve issued bank pay guidelines on Thursday to curb the type of excessive risk-taking it said contributed to the crisis that nearly collapsed the financial system last year.

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Oct 19 (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Monday said that the performance of the dollar and the U.S. economy will depend on the government’s success in controlling the country’s budget deficit.

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WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve needs to take a tougher approach to cracking down on excessive bank overdraft fees, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer warned on Friday.

Saying that the central bank’s move to crack down on the fees doesn’t go far enough, Schumer, a Democrat, warned that Congress will act if the Fed fails to take a firmer line.

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By Kristina Cooke and David Beasley
NEW YORK/MACON, Ga., Oct 1 (Reuters) – Federal Reserve officials said on Thursday that while the recession-battered economy is on the mend, it will be weak for a while and the Fed is likely to keep its extensive support policies in place for a while.

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    WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) – The following is the full text of remarks due to be delivered to the U.S. House Financial Services Committee on Thursday, Oct. 1 by Federal Reserve chairman, Ben Bernanke: (more…)

WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve on Tuesday proposed tough new credit card rules to protect consumers from potentially costly practices by lenders and moved to implement legislation enacted in May.
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By Karey Wutkowski
WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (Reuters) – A senior U.S. Democratic senator said on Tuesday he is moving forward with his effort to consolidate bank supervision into a single federal regulator, despite criticism from current bank regulators who do not want to lose power.

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By Alister Bull
WASHINGTON, Sept 28 (Reuters) – The head of the World Bank on Monday sounded a cautionary note about granting greater regulatory power to the U.S. Federal Reserve and said the dollar’s future will “depend heavily on U.S. choices.”

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