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If the banks do not want to divest from these fringe consumer finance companies, the OCC should make them do so. Their reputations are at risk.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. plans to use Dodd-Frank's "orderly liquidation authority" to dismantle a troubled megabank, but experts worry the single-point resolution may be perceived as a stealth bailout by the government.

Federal regulators added a final rule that exempts certain mortgage loans and refinances from appraisal requirements established under the 2010 Dodd-Frank reform law.

A recap of the informed opinions (and the discussions they generated) on BankThink this week.

The FDIC invited luminaries like Paul Volcker and John Reed to evaluate their plan to seize and unwind a troubled megabank – and probably didn’t like what they said.

Financial institutions and their respective lawyers are in the process of understanding the final Volcker Rule.

A response to Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren.

The challenge of how to responsibly extend small-dollar credit can be met, and it starts with knowing the needs of the borrower.

The issues Google solves with KitKat were among its biggest hurdles, but it's still too soon to declare a winner in the mobile wallet race.

The real mobile revolution in opportunity for small business payments is occurring not in consumer wallets, but on the other side of the counter, with disruption in the point of sale terminal market.