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Individual rules put in place after the financial crisis have made some large banks safer, but the number and complexity of new regulations may well have made the overall system riskier, according to a provocative new paper by a top financial analytics firm.

As Coinbase makes its services available in the U.K., Ripple Labs is making inroads with Western Union.

As the mobile payment space becomes more crowded, some CUs are looking toward the next tech frontier — adding loyalty programs to mobile payments.

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke is joining Pacific Investment Management Co. as a senior adviser, his second consulting agreement with a top money manager in as many weeks.

WASHINGTON — Senate Banking Committee Chairman Richard Shelby offered a few hints Wednesday about what bankers might be able to expect from pending regulatory relief legislation due next month.

WASHINGTON — Senate Banking Committee Chairman Richard Shelby offered a few hints Wednesday about what to expect from pending regulatory relief legislation due next month.

Regulators can avoid extensive, after-the-fact investigations of banks' illegal actions by standardizing the form and content of transaction data so they can spot compliance problems in real time.

MasterCard Inc. posted first-quarter profit that beat analysts' estimates as consumer-card spending accelerated outside the U.S.

New York Community Bancorp in Westbury reported higher quarterly profit, though it continued to sell loans to stay below $50 billion in assets.

Pinnacle Financial Partners in Nashville, Tenn., has agreed to buy Magna Bank in Memphis, Tenn.