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ABA v. Congress; Why Banks Love Credit Cards

There is some good and bad EMV-related news for the U.S. when it comes to chargebacks and false declines.

A ninth-grader challenges Bank of America's CEO; the San Francisco Fed has a lot of interest in fintech; FinCEN's Jennifer Shasky Calvery is leaving, possibly for a banking job; Wells Fargo's Secil Watson talks up a new biometrics option; and Sallie Krawcheck appreciates Carla Harris' career advice. Plus, Kelly Ripa and the 49ers.

Success rates vary wildly for innovation labs, but some basic principles increase a bank’s chances of the incubation process leading to viable product expansion.

Innovation in financial services faces a hurdle in the narrow, short-term profit motives of predatory patent trolls. Here is what startups can do to ward off attacks.

Online Lenders' Legal Woes; What's New at Goldman

An organization could go to great lengths to protect its internal network only to have all that effort undone by its third party service provider failing to take proper security measures.

The potentially wide-ranging effects of an appeals court decision in Midland Funding v. Madden could deal a serious blow to preemption under the National Bank Act.

Citi Pay Plan OK; FinCEN’s Calvery’s Next Step?

While banks should be wary of potential restrictions on the H-1B visa program, policymakers should be mindful of the consequences of limiting H-1B visas too severely.