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Making the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding subject to congressional appropriations would bring some much-needed accountability to a runaway regulator.

Increasing federal deposit insurance limits is not the answer to the banking system's woes. It would cause riskier behavior and more red tape. And it wouldn't prevent bank runs.

When running a bank branch, there are certain employee behaviors that must be nonnegotiable. But that still leaves plenty of room for improvisation and creativity.

Subjecting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to congressional appropriations would throw a wide range of essential regulatory activities into disarray, disrupting the industry and putting consumers at risk.

The indictment of Senate Banking Committee member Bob Menendez, D-N.J., on bribery and corruption charges may not have a lot of impact on banks' near-term legislative priorities, but it is emblematic of a deeper struggle to preserve the rule of law.

Long-term business profit is inextricably tied to sustainability. The head of the U.K.'s Chartered Banker Institute explains that financial services leaders have a special responsibility to understand and communicate that fact.

During Hunger Action Month, firms in the payments and fintech space should consider the many ways they can leverage their products to improve Americans' access to healthy foods.

The move to create data consortia and proprietary information networks is creating exactly the kind of information silos that money launderers exploit today.

Educational institutions ought to have some skin in the game when it comes to the student loan market.

As the United Nations General Assembly convenes in New York to discuss global development, delegates must not overlook the importance of financial services for small businesses in emerging economies.