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The push to roll back banking regulation has gained unlikely supporters recently. From consumer advocates to Democratic stalwarts, pressure is mounting to rein in the red tape.

The group staging denial of service attacks on U.S. banks has called a cease fire in recent days, but the malicious activity is expected to resume. Fortunately, banks have effective counter-measures at their disposal.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau seeks to oversee debt collectors, changes of leadership get close scrutiny, bankers band together to avoid the fiscal cliff.

Yaron Samid, founder and CEO of BillGuard, explains his company's analytics technology and how it discovers unwanted billing charges for consumers, as well as its work with the CFPB and with banks.

Yaron Samid, founder and CEO of BillGuard, shares his company's intention of building a database of all deceptive billing practices and hidden charges, to be shared by banks, the CFPB, and other constituents.

The banking giant is planning to offer a point of sale dongle that will take direct aim at rivals from Square and PayPal.

Regulators offer relief with Basel III delay, the Federal Housing Administration falters, credit card ad wars heat up.

The mortgage giant is aiming to cut premiums by hundreds of millions of dollars and end payments to banks. Now it needs the Federal Housing Finance Agency, its regulator, to go along.

The CFPB and FTC sent warnings to 12 mortgage lenders this week, arguing their ads were trying to trick consumers with false and misleading information.

Target, the nationwide merchandiser, my lead a Christmas season rush toward alternatives to bank-run payment systems.