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Organization management firm SmithBucklin is leading the hunt for the new face of BISA.

Ninety-two percent of wealthy investors are actively looking for market opportunities, according to a U.S. Bank survey.

Amid an increase in consolidation, more investors either file lawsuits over deal terms or start proxy fights designed to force banks to sell.

Nonbanks are sending a clear message to the interagency council tasked with identifying systemically important institutions: don't look at us.

In September, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision announced new standards to raise required common equity ratios to 7% by 2019, and have regulators implement the new capital rules by 2013.

Despite his regulatory scrapes — and the defeat of getting forced out of the bank he built into a regional powerhouse — Vernon Hill is not giving up on the industry.

Though banks surveyed by the Federal Reserve have reported a gradual loosening of credit standards in recent quarters, it may be a while before lending standards return to normal.

“Everything feels better than it did 12 to 18 months ago, but not as good as it did three to six months ago,” he said during a lunch time interview with Charlie Rose on Monday at SIFMA's annual conference in New York City.

Regulators failed four banks late Friday, pushing the total number of collapses this year to 143.

Though House Republicans are almost certain to be frustrated in trying to repeal provisions of the Dodd-Frank regulatory reform statute, they are likely to find more success in using oversight powers to curb the law's implementation.

It sounds like the name of an honored Transatlantic ship, but this time the QE2 stands for the Federal Reserve Board’s second attempt at an economic stimulus with the name Quantitative Easing. Will this new round help keep the economy afloat and chugging toward an expansion?

The new product line covers fund administration.

JPMorgan Chase in the "next couple of weeks" will resume filing paperwork on 127,000 foreclosures it suspended due to documentation errors, said the CEO of its retail bank.

Private-equity firms are showing more confidence that credit-quality problems are ebbing. Several recent capital infusions have caught the eye of analysts, especially an announcement on Monday by Brand Group Holdings Inc.

Two different interpretations of this week's historic midterm elections emerged, with both sides competing to say how the vote would impact the financial services world.

Catie Tobin succeeds Mike Kavanagh as head of RBC Correspondent and Advisor Services.

Still awash with deposits and seeing limited opportunity to make loans, banks are trying to lift net interest margins by shrinking long-term debt.

Wilmington's top executive said "there is no significant economic or real estate recovery on the horizon in our markets. Therefore, we have little assurance that our loan portfolio will strengthen significantly in the near term, or that our capital position will not erode further."

While reforming the government-sponsored enterprises was always going to be a hard battle for the Obama administration, its job will be even tougher if the Republicans, as expected, win control of the House this week.

Bankers like to talk about shifting from a product-centric focus to a customer-centric one. But their best strategy for doing this may be to stop talking for awhile.