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The FTC issued a report Saturday calling for better privacy protection for mobile device users. Financial data is a primary focus.

The Federal Housing Administration has become the latest flash point in the battle over government's role in housing finance. American Banker editors discuss.

The law is on the way to spawning 30,000 pages of regulations. A mere 37% of rule-making deadlines have been met. Which raises the of question whether Dodd-Frank is just too unwieldy.

Legislation introduced in several states would ban surcharges on Visa and MasterCard credit card purchases, potentially undercutting a concession retailers won in a proposed legal settlement.

A decision by the FHFA to study further a proposal by Fannie Mae raises questions about industry pressure to head off a plan that seeks to cut premiums by hundreds of millions of dollars and end controversial payments to banks.

PayPal, Lenovo and other industry heavy hitters are banding together to deploy new biometric authentication tools in a bid to beat back cyber-criminals.

President Obama's nominee for Treasury Secretary, Jacob Lew, calmly fielded three hours of sometimes hostile questions during a Wednesday hearing on Capitol Hill.

Physical cash is on its way out and won't be missed, but even in an all-digital future the option of anonymous, untraceable consumer payments must remain

Even as the financial crisis gives way to a recovery, everyone from Sen. Elizabeth Warren to comedian Stephen Colbert are demanding Washington get tough on banks and bankers. The question is what sort of action-if any-will follow.

Will the Financial Stability Oversight Council be successful at spotting threats before they cause a financial crisis or will it instead create "regulatory hazard" in the form of a false sense of security?