BankThink

A recap of the informed opinions (and the discussions they generated) on BankThink this week, including ways to make megabanks pay for their “too big to fail” subsidy and how banks can help put an end to human trafficking.

Financial monitoring is one of the most effective ways to identify human traffickers. That's why it's crucial that banks work closely with law enforcement officials to put a stop to this criminal activity.

Yellen Open to Higher SIFI Threshold; Has Citi Turned a Corner?

With the implementation of “buy now” buttons, social media will turn into a virtual shopping mall, where users can casually browse products from the brands they’re following.

A recent CFPB study lays the groundwork to roll back financial firms' use of arbitration clauses. But rather than protecting consumers, such a measure could wind up forcing people into costly and time-consuming lawsuits.

Blythe Masters scores one for women in the boardroom, the Fed's Sarah Bloom Raskin is leading a campaign to declassify cyber security info for banks, and Yellen is still at odds with Congress — but at least "the ecomomy doesn't stink."

Wall Street's favored bank-resolution strategy would virtually guarantee future bailouts while imposing the costs on taxpayers and ordinary investors. At the very least, the damage can be mitigated with three key reforms.

Citigroup Rebounds; Masters Hired by Santander

As the path to purchase becomes increasingly more digitized, the act of executing the payment transaction has shifted further and further into the background.

Nobody wants a big-bank bailout, but compared to the risk of contagion, it's the lesser of two evils.