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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has taken an important step in saying that it would work to root out unfair practices in all banking services. This is will help ensure all customers are treated fairly.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is attempting to make broad changes to its authority and expand what counts as discrimination. This could lead to banks to cease offering important services.

Government-operated payment systems aren't necessary and reduce choice, competition, innovation and value for consumers, businesses and banks.

The high court's inevitable decision on the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding structure will tell us a lot about how radical the court is willing to be.

Even the newest technological innovation cannot beat personal interactions when it comes to forging a deep and meaningful association with clients, which typically lasts for years.

In "Limitless," the journalist Jeanna Smialek explores how the Federal Reserve has gone beyond its more traditional monetary policymaking to a more activist role of addressing societal problems.

The idea that banks might be unmanageably large ignores the fact that the U.S. is full of well-managed firms that are far bigger than even the largest banks.

The banking industry appears to be stuck when it comes to diversifying the leadership ranks.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency may have gotten more than it bargained for in its review of the Home Loan banks, but there is little doubt that the effort will result in significant structural change.

The agency should be asking why, in today's America, there is anyone who wants a full-service checking account but can't get one.