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Despite opposition by the White House and Democrats, the House panel passed several derivatives bills that would modify provisions of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act.

Bankers and regulators may need to study the barriers of entry into banking just as seriously as the NFL and Major League Baseball consider new franchises for football and baseball.

Regulators can use the power of Big Data mining and pattern-matching algorithms to seek out triggers of contagion across an interconnected financial system.

In addition to addressing the risks that caused the last crisis, the Financial Stability Oversight Council should be comparing notes about cyber threats with the national security agencies.

The nation's seven largest banks have earned an extension to push out their swap activities as required by the Dodd-Frank reform law by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

Law professor Saule T. Omarova is suggesting regulators require pre-market approval for complex financial instruments like derivatives to curb systemic risk in global markets. How effective would such a program be?

The Fed’s research raises more questions than it answers, among them: Is the researcher right when he says the great bankers he interviewed could run a bank successfully anywhere, anytime?

Banks are incessantly lobbying the CFTC to hold off on cross-border derivatives rules until other countries write their own regulations. But that could take longer than the next crisis.

M&A consolidation, improved portfolio performance and legislation leveling the playing field provide incentive for midsize banks to relaunch card programs.

A dubious story about double-charging in Marks & Spencer, the retail home of the British middle classes, is worth examining to make sure similar misconceptions don’t spread in the U.S.