Mortgage servicers could find themselves under federal supervision in the future as a push for nationwide mortgage servicing standards gained momentum among industry participants, academics, state regulators and the Obama administration. In recent joint comments to federal regulators, academics and mortgage industry experts called...

Department of the Treasury BCFP Senior Executives Named. The Treasury Department announced Dec. 15 three more senior executives hired to implement the fledgling Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. They include Richard Cordray, currently Ohio’s attorney general, who was named...