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The surprising absence of Near Field Communication technology in Google's new line of wearables deprives the smartwatch ecosystem of a significant option for mobile payments.

Ten years after the adoption of Basel II, the distortion in bank credit allocation produced by risk-weighted capital requirements has not even begun to be discussed.

Insurance executive Kenneth Shapiro on the new parallels between insurance and banking.

The GSEs make mortgages? Banks don't? For an economics professor who has made the causes of the housing collapse a central campaign issue, David Brat sure doesn't sweat the details.

A recent court ruling affirms that customers can be held responsible in cases of wire transfer fraud. But banks aren’t off the hook.

Is misogynistic behavior keeping women out of the Bitcoin community?

Hundreds of thousands of people are in Brazil for the World Cup football tournament. While Brazil poses risks for payment crime, there are things payment companies and issuers can do to help their customers mitigate danger, such as communicating preventative measures.

It’s true that AIG’s heavily regulated securities lending program played a role in the downfall of the insurer. But it is a dangerous fallacy to argue that this proves that regulation should be left entirely to the markets.

On one hand, bills supporting deregulation are garnering legislative support. On the other, a number of high-profile members of Congress have spoken out in favor of stricter rule enforcement and prosecution.

Banks can boost productivity with a number of counter-intuitive practices. For starters, they can let customers wait in line for a little while.