Policy & Regulation

Even as debit networks and other participants finally get on the same page for EMV chip-card acceptance, the U.S. is still a long way off from widespread consumer adoption of EMV cards.

Virtual currencies have finally garnered enough of a following to make the U.S. government react. Bitcoin's a big focus, but even companies like Facebook and Amazon.com may have to take FinCEN's new rules into account.

Cypriot lawmakers approved capital controls and legislation to wind down banks as they scrambled to secure a European bailout and avert a financial collapse of the Mediterranean island.

Demands for action to fix "too big to fail" are near a fever pitch. Following are the most likely scerios for how the debate is resolved.

The Senate is expected to pass two budget amendments Friday designed to break up the big banks and prohibit the use of certain fee hikes at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to reduce government spending.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Martin Gruenberg accidentally took the entire allotted time for a speech on Friday to talk about his personal life growing up in the Bronx.

Sen. Tim Johnson, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, has said he will announce a decision about whether to run for office again by the end of the month.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has terminated enforcement actions against two banks: First Bancshares of Mountain Grove, Mo., and CIB Marine Bancshares of Waukesha, Wis.

A Rasmussen Reports survey has found that 50% of U.S. adults would favor a plan to break up the largest banks.

Auto dealership advocates are warning that costs will rise for borrowers if the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau presses banks to curtail auto loan markups determined by dealers.