Bank regulators agree on subprime rules: sources
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Bank regulators have agreed on new  standards for subprime mortgage loans and are prepared to  release it Friday, several sources familiar with the matter  said Thursday.
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U.S. banking regulators plan to  issue eagerly awaited guidance on the subprime mortgage market  as early as Thursday afternoon, two sources familiar with the  matter told Reuters on Wednesday.
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U.S. banking regulators on Tuesday urged mortgage servicers to be proactive and contact borrowers at risk of default to help them avoid foreclosure and keep their homes.
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WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators directed banks on Friday to properly explain the risks posed to borrowers from interest-only and other nontraditional mortgages.
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Embattled mortgage finance giant  Fannie Mae FNM.N was close to a deal with regulators late on  Sunday that would force the company to keep billions of dollars  more in cash on hand while it corrects accounting problems, a  source familiar with the negotiations said.
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Lenders will have to confirm that a borrower can afford a mortgage before making a loan under protections proposed by the Federal Reserve on Tuesday, following defaults and losses on U.S. subprime mortgages this year.
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Financial contagion from a credit crunch rooted in the U.S. subprime lending market seems not to be affecting emerging economies as much as crises in the past, the head of the Bank for International Settlements said on Wednesday.
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SHANGHAI/BEIJING  - Barclays  has won regulatory approval to buy into a Chinese trust company, securing a foothold in the country's fast-growing asset management sector, two sources familiar with the situation said on Monday.
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The proposal by federal regulators comes as subprime mortgages have come under stress and scrutiny.
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The Federal Reserve will team with state regulators to police subprime-mortgage lenders and brokers, bridging a gap in oversight that helped fuel record defaults on homes bought by borrowers with weak credit.
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The Bank of England agrees to give emergency financial support to mortgage lenders Northern Rock.
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The Bank of China said Thursday that it held almost $9.7 billion of securities backed by American subprime loans, the most of any Asian company.
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Plans to revamp the euro&#39;s battered rulebook won key backing yesterday, as the European Commission bowed to the inevitable and called for more flexible implementation of the single currency&#39;s widely flouted rules.
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Federal regulators on Tuesday allowed US mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to buy larger individual mortgages next year following a jump in home prices
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A number of U.S. states are setting up funds to help homeowners with risky subprime mortgages refinance to more affordable loans in a bid to slow the rate of home foreclosures, The Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site.
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Washington Mutual Inc. , one of the largest U.S. mortgage lenders, on Friday said improved underwriting standards have led to a reduction in the number of new subprime mortgages going into default quickly.
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Bank regulators issued new standards for subprime mortgage lending on Friday that includes several new consumer protections.