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A flurry of Capitol Hill hearings reflect a renewed focus on legislation to protect Americans' from credit and debit card cyber-attacks. Washington Bureau Chief Rob Blackwell discusses where legislators and regulators appear to be headed and when new laws are likely to be enacted.
February 7
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Blythe Masters, JPMorgan Chase's commodities head, withdrew from an advisory committee of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission a day after her appointment was disclosed, according to two people with direct knowledge of the decision.
February 7 -
Bitcoin's earliest adopters used to launch scathing criticism at the U.S. for being the first to regulate digital currency in 2012, but their ire seems to have cooled off.
February 7 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is weighing whether to vastly increase the data collected under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act in an effort to better monitor trends and abuses in the market.
February 7 -
Blythe Masters, head of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM)'s commodities division, is joining an advisory committee of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, said Steve Adamske, a spokesman for the regulator.
February 6 -
The New York regulator questioned Ocwen's ability to handle more volume after an independent monitor reviewed the mortgage servicer's operations, a person familiar with the situation says.
February 6 -
It was a disappointing finish Wednesday for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray, who appeared for the second time on the popular game show "Jeopardy!"
February 6 -
Regulators will soon finalize their plan to establish a new leverage ratio and it is likely to be tougher than a recently implemented global standard, top officials said Thursday.
February 6 -
Money market funds possess trillions of dollars of short-term institutional investor funds. Now the SECs proposed rule change for the industry may give banks an opportunity to attract institutional depositors with cash management offerings.
February 6
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are not properly using a web portal developed to collect and screen appraisal information in order to minimize losses, according to an audit released Thursday.
February 6
