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Photo-based mobile bill pay can help banks overcome the adoption challenges of traditional online bill pay.

Abby McCloskey, program director of Economic Policy at the American Enterprise Institute, believes what defines a bank as a systemically important financial institution should be reexamined.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau posted a blog Monday stating that there are more than 7 million borrowers in default on federal of private student loans.

The promising Senate bill needs to do more to ensure an affordable market for multifamily mortgages, aid historically underserved borrowers and protect struggling homeowners.

Removing the arbitrary size designation for bank SIFIs would reduce costly regulation for regionals, encourage industrywide competition and concentrate regulators' efforts on firms that actually warrant attention.

According to experts, the ethics questions raised by House lawmakers about Raj Date, the former No. 2 at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau who left to form his own firm, appear to be based on "faulty information."

To create effective mobile payments products, developers must treat merchants and consumers as separate customer segments that have of inextricably-linked needs.

The $22.5 billion Structured Agency Credit Risk transaction serves its purpose, but shows how much more work and thinking needs to be done to redesign the housing finance system.

The feature presents a win-win scenario for banks and their customers as well as an opportunity for mobile-centric financial startups that can serve as the catalyst for widespread adoption.

Think your credit union occasionally creates some internal barriers to growth? Listen to this story from CEO Frank Corcoran.