Financial Regulatory Forum

US bank regulators warn on commercial real estate

Reuters Staff
Oct 30, 2009 19:15 UTC
commercial real estate | community banks | federal deposit insurance corp | federal reserve | office of the comptroller of the currency | office of thrift supervision

The Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village private residential development (bottom C) is seen in New York, October 26, 2009. New York State's highest court on Thursday ruled that the landlords of Manhattan's largest apartment complex improperly raised thousands of rents, further pushing the owners of the $5.4 billion deal struck at the height of a commercial real estate boom toward default.REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES BUSINESS)   By Karey Wutkowski
WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (Reuters) – U.S regulators on Friday encouraged banks to modify troubled commercial real estate loans, which are seen as a looming danger spot for the banking industry.

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Reuters Summit-U.S. FDIC seeks bailout ban, risk fees

Reuters Staff
Oct 21, 2009 18:34 UTC
bailouts | christopher dod | federal deposit insurance corp | office of the comptroller of the currency | office of thrift supervision | over-the-counter | regulatory reform | sheila bair

Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Sheila Bair speaks with reporters during the 2009 Reuters Washington Summit in Washington October 21, 2009. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES POLITICS BUSINESS) By Karey Wutkowski
WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Congress should eliminate any possibility of temporary bailouts in draft legislation that would give the government power to break up troubled, systemic financial firms, a top U.S. bank regulator said on Wednesday.

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U.S. bank regulators dig in against Obama shake-up

Reuters Staff
Aug 4, 2009 13:22 UTC
bank regulators | Bernanke | FDIC | federal reserve | financial regulation | office of the comptroller of the currency | office of thrift supervision | schapiro | securities and exchange commission | timothy geithner

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (file photo) WASHINGTON, Aug 4 (Reuters) – Disagreement within the Obama administration over reshaping U.S. financial regulation flared on Tuesday, with top bank regulators defending their turf against key parts of a broad bank supervision overhaul plan. (more…)

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