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  Bye-Bye, Unlimited FDIC Coverage

  By George Yacik  |  October 7, 2012

  Congress seems unlikely to extend the Transaction Account Guarantee program, which expires at year-end. (American Bankers Association's James Ballentine)

• Swaps Regulators Face Push for Delays

  By Silla Brush and Matthew Leising, Bloomberg  |  October 3, 2012

  CFTC bombarded with requests to delay Oct. 12 start date for derivatives regs.

• Clearing Rule May Exempt Small Banks

  By Silla Brush, Bloomberg  |  July 6, 2012

  CFTC may free banks under $10 bln from clearing mandate for swaps trades

• Banks Eased Loan Standards

  By Joshua Zumbrun, Bloomberg  |  May 1, 2012

  Demand for loans also increased during the first quarter, according to Fed survey.

• Banks Get Traction on Volcker Rule

  By Robert Schmidt and Phil Mattingly, Bloomberg  |  March 27, 2012

  Legislators, regulators signal willingness to revise plan after four-month lobbying blitz.

• Stress Tests Show Fed Push

  March 14, 2012

  Regulators succeeded in encouraging banks to improve their balance sheets.

• Hearing on Dodd-Frank Rules

  By Phil Mattingly, Bloomberg  |  December 6, 2011

  Senate Banking Committee to question regulators on progress on rule-making.

• Banks Pressed to Take Deposits

  By Dakin Campbell, Dawn Kopecki, Bradley Keoun, Bloomberg News  |  August 26, 2011

  In return, financial institutions seek relief on FDIC premiums, leverage ratios.

• Hackers Target Company Bank Accounts

  By Greg Farrell, Michael A. Riley, Bloomberg  |  August 4, 2011

  Banks blame customers for cyberthefts, which now dwarf conventional bank heists.

• CFTC Eases Swaps Concerns

  By John Hintze  |  December 13, 2010

  But margin requirement still up in the air