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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new remittance rule has caused lenders to argue for months, wondering if the rule would cause rates of international wire transfers to increase.

Given her philosophy, Janet Yellen is likely to continue the Federal Reserve’s highly accommodative monetary policy as chairman. That is worrisome.

It was a sad day in America's news media this year when reporters across the country completely overlooked the fact Congress opted to commemorate International Credit Union Day two weeks ago by ending the government shutdown.

The theme of our 2013 Annual Meeting and Convention-being held this week in San Francisco-is REACH.

The financial services industry has surpassed the healthcare industry as the top victim of data breaches, according to the Ponemon Institute's 2013 Live Threat Intelligence Impact Report.

Digital wallets are a hot topic in financial services-and with good reason. According to a "Global Study 2013" conducted by PayPal, a whopping 86% of us would rather leave our traditional wallets at home if we could in favor of a mobile alternative.

A successful prosecution of JPMorgan would throw into disarray the bank’s substantial and highly lucrative asset management business, among other disincentives for the government to pursue a criminal case.

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

Six financial regulators issue new racial and gender diversity policies. Directors of each regulator's diversity division helped form new policies that were required under the Dodd-Frank Act.

Five banking and credit union regulators issued a joint statement Tuesday stating that lenders who provide qualified mortgages should not be concerned about inadvertently violating the fair-lending law known as the Equal Credit Opportunity Act.