The credit crisis from 2008 to 2009 caused huge financial losses across the world. Many have provided different approaches to explain the cause of such catastrophe. This research, however, instead of posing a reason for the crisis, is trying to find out has there been any change in the role of bank regulation or has bank regulation changed its way to influence bank performance during the credit crisis. This research finds that the role did changed after the crisis and the confident shifting might be the reason that caused the change.