Compliance & Regulation

Bankers at the American Mortgage Conference this year are seeking answers about how to handle renewed volatility in the market.

The nation’s community bankers have “serious concerns” about the new National Flood Insurance Program slated to take effect next month.

Regional lenders including Fifth Third Bancorp and BB&T Corp. are rooting for the Federal Reserve to let interest rates rise.

The Richmond, Calif., City Council refused to shelve a plan to seize mortgages that exceed the value of their properties, which has spurred lawsuits by U.S. banks including Wells Fargo.

A former mortgage broker who had worked for a business in Beaverton, Ore., faces more than four years of prison time.

The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has developed a solution for smaller-size businesses for which cyber-crime-related data breaches are as challenging as prevention costs.

Rep. Maxine Waters, the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, said Tuesday that she is preparing to unveil an alternative housing finance reform proposal to rival more conservative legislation backed by many House Republicans.

JPMorgan Chase is easing mortgage lending standards in housing markets hard hit by the crash where prices are surging.

The impact is already depressing home values and freezing the market in certain communities.

We're hearing recent reform offers Home Equity Conversion Mortgages more hope.