Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Obama's reforms find few friends
Markets and commentators reject the US president’s proposed reform of banks, which would see a ban imposed on proprietary trading
Senator who proposed Fed overhaul to retire
Senate Banking Committee chairman Chris Dodd, who produced a sweeping bill that seeks to limit Fed power, announces that he will not seek re-election
Senator calls for Fed’s powers to be cut
Chris Dodd, head of the Senate Banking Committee, submits bill demanding reduction in Fed’s supervisory ambit; calls for one overall regulator
Geithner’s scorecard for the resolution plan
Timothy Geithner, US Treasury Secretary, sets out five indicators to measure the success of the resolution plan
FDIC’s Bair offers too big to fail answer
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation chair says current wind-down mechanism should be extended to all banks
Influential senator wants US supraregulator - report
Senate Banking Committee’s Chris Dodd wants four American supervisors to merge into one, says report
US to end money-market guarantees this month
Treasury secretary Tim Geithner notes financial sector starting to wean itself of state support
Interview: William Isaac
The former chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation tells Robert Pringle that procyclical accounting and capital rules lie at the heart of the crisis
US budget deficit forecast trimmed
US officials expect the 2009 fiscal deficit to be smaller than originally forecast, after scrapping money earmarked for further bank bailouts
FDIC’s Bair pans single regulator model
Obama administration’s plans for single banking supervisor would fit uneasily with the structure of the US banks
Fed a natural for systemic-risk role: Tarullo
Federal Reserve’s Daniel Tarullo says safeguarding systemic risk is a natural expansion of the central bank’s role
US regulators stake their claim
Barack Obama’s plans give too much to the Federal Reserve say Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chiefs
Washington names nine to buy toxic assets
The US Treasury, Federal Reserve and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation give nine firms the right to buy assets under the legacy securities programme
Plosser joins district criticism of Fed
Charles Plosser, the president of the Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, added his voice to a growing chorus of discontent from regional banks over the policies of the Washington-based Federal Reserve Board.
Ex-FDIC's Seidman dies
Bill Seidman, the chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) who presided over the savings and loan crisis, has died.
FDIC recruits former Fed counsel
Michael Bradfield, a former head of the Federal Reserve's legal team, has been named general counsel of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
SNB's Hildebrand wants global bankruptcy code
Philipp Hildebrand, a member of the Swiss National Bank's governing board who will take the helm next year, has called for global insolvency standards as a means to handle the too-big-to-fail and too-big-to-save problems.
FDIC's Bair condemns too big to fail
The idea of banks being too big to fail should be consigned to history, Sheila Bair, the head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the American regulator, has said.
Geithner bailout meets with mixed reviews
The markets loved it. But economists' reaction to US Treasury secretary Tim Geithner's public-private partnership to relieve banks of their toxic assets was more critical.
Basel, IADI issue deposit insurance guidelines
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the International Association of Deposit Insurers (IADI) has issued a set of global guidelines for deposit guarantee systems.
Washington talks down nationalisation
Some of the main players in the United States's plans to fix the financial sector have been playing down the likelihood of nationalisation in recent days.
What the Icelandic collapse taught us
The reduction of a bloated banking sector presents an opportunity for a return to balanced growth, argues Tryggvi Thor Herbertsson
What to look for in Tarp II
Tim Geithner, the US Secretary of the Treasury, has delayed unveiling the plans for the next steps in administration's financial bailout programme until Tuesday. Here is a summary of the new steps that could be announced tomorrow.
FDIC may run US bad bank
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), a key American regulator, could manage a bad bank that the Obama administration is likely to soon set up, say reports.