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The U.S. Federal Reserve this month asked banks that were part of "stress tests" conducted earlier this year that have not yet repaid money injected under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to submit plans to do so, a person familiar with the situation said on Tuesday.

Federal regulators involved in the rescue of insurer AIG may have overpaid other banks when cutting a deal, a report says.

After just three months as head of American International Group, Robert Benmosche has threatened to leave his post as he struggles to deal with heavy government oversight.

Freddie Mac's losses narrowed to $6.3 billion in the third quarter, but the government-controlled mortgage finance company didn't ...

CIT Group Inc., a 101-year-old commercial lender, filed for bankruptcy with financing from investor Carl Icahn after the credit crunch dried up its funding and a US bailout and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Big banks that got big bailout bucks should return the favor by lending more to qualified small businesses, President Barack Obama says....

Obama is set to announce initiatives aimed at boosting credit to small businesses, including measures to make it easier for small banks to access TARP.

The special federal paymaster is trying to persuade the American International Group, the insurance giant, to reduce a coming bonus payment of $198 million, but is running into legal hurdles despite rules curtailing bonuses at companies receiving assistance from the Treasury.

Freddie Mac reported a surprising profit in the second quarter, but the profit turned to a loss for shareholders after the company paid the U.S. government a $1.1 billion dividend.

The company, reporting its first profit since 2007, said quarterly net income was $1.8 billion.