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Goldman Sachs chief executive Lloyd Blankfein backed Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. efforts, mandated under the Dodd-Frank Act, to create a rule for orderly closures of big firms.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has lost more than a dozen senior officials in recent months, raising concerns whether the agency will be able to maintain the aggressive pace set during its nearly two years of existence.

Visa Inc. sued Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in a bid to stop the world's largest retailer from filing a lawsuit to press price-fixing claims over merchant swipe fees.

Federal regulators must not rely on standard measures of differences between outcome rates without considering the way those measures change simply because the frequency of an outcome changes.

NewBridge Bancorp (NBBC) in Greensboro, N.C., is acquiring a cash-strapped mutual at the behest of state regulators.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren voiced concerns Thursday about the regulatory burden facing community banks, asking whether the industry needs a two-tiered system of rules to keep the smallest institutions from being wiped out.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a training guide titled "Money Smart for Older Adults" to help banks, law enforcement and advocates of senior citizens deliver tips to older adults on preventing exploitation.

Goldman Sachs chief executive Lloyd Blankfein said regulators will not shy away from using their new "orderly liquidation authority" in the next crisis.

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.