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Regulators

1. Press: Sharks circle in Congress
   The banking industry has made no secret of its desire to kill off President Obama’s timely and important proposal to create a powerful new consumer protection agency. It’s counting on the cooperation of lawmakers addicted…
2. Press: Have banks no shame?
   A few months ago, I asked Simon Johnson, the former International Monetary Fund economist, now a prominent critic of the banking industry, what he thought the banks owed the country after all the government bailouts.…
3. Press: Risks, radiation and regulation
   Early warnings about potential nuclear dangers in Japan and about Wall Street’s propensity for risk-taking without liability were both dismissed as paranoid anticipation of low-probability events. With both disasters, regulatory failures set the stage, and…
4. Press: Consumer bureau readies its new financial rules
   Raj Date, the former banker temporarily leading the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, outlined a timeline on Tuesday for the Wall Street watchdog to unveil a string of new regulations. The consumer bureau, according to Mr.…
5. Press: Fannie Mae knew early of foreclosure abuses
   Fannie Mae the mortgage finance giant, learned as early as 2003 of extensive foreclosure abuses among the law firms it had hired to remove troubled borrowers from their homes. But the company did little to…
6. Spanish: Banking Basics - Powerpoint Training Slides (Spanish)
   El archivo de la presentación en PowerPoint del seminario Información bancaria básica está disponible en la sección "Download File".
7. Press: Fed oversight of nonbank financial companies is weighed
   Financial companies that are not banks but have more than $50 billion in assets and $20 billion in debt could be regulated by the Federal Reserve and required to meet tougher standards, according to a…
8. English: Banking Basics - Leader’s Guide
   A guide to help community agency staff encourage clients who do not have bank accounts to become part of the banking system. It covers the options that bank customers have and the decisions they need…
9. English: Banking Basics - PowerPoint Training Slides
   The Banking Basics Powerpoint training file is available for download in the "Download File" section.
10. English: Banking Basics - Seminar Lesson Plan and Class Activities
    This packet, only available as a PDF file, provides guidance for teachers and team leaders. The 26-page packet contains a detailed curriculum, classroom activities and take home worksheets.
11. Press: 5 months later, still no consumer director
    Five months after it opened its doors, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is poised to begin the year without a Senate-confirmed director. Over these next few weeks, the question will be whether President Obama will…
12. Helpdesk: Financial services regulators
    Yes. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s Customer Assistance Group can help you find out the correct agency to contact with your question or complaint. Call 800-613-6743, toll-free, Monday through Friday, from 7:00…
13. Helpdesk: Find your bank regulators
    The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) is a good place to start looking for that information. Click here to visit the FFIEC website. When you get…
14. Press: U.S. rule set for cameras at cars’ rear
    On average, two children die and about 50 are injured every week when someone accidentally backs over them in a vehicle, according to KidsAndCars.org, a nonprofit group that pushed the government to begin tracking such…