Policy & Regulation

Barney Frank is not the only person who thinks he would be a suitable temporary senator. His bid has now drawn the attention of a group that backed the Senate candidacy of Elizabeth Warren, architect of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

As the U.S. continues its conversion to EMV chip-card technology, the Durbin amendment's requirement for supporting multiple debit networks is presenting yet another challenge to overcome.

The Federal Reserve Board has terminated a written agreement with Blue Valley Ban Corp. in Overland Park, Kan.

The U.S. Federal Reserve Board plans to get a better idea of how Americans are making payments — when they don’t use cash.

House Democrats, including Maxine Waters, want a court to uphold a rule mandated under Dodd-Frank that requires disclosure of foreign extraction payments.

Real GSE reform could take years. That's too bad, but in the meantime, the FHFA can start to redesign the securitization process – and phase out redundancies between Fannie and Freddie.

American Banker readers share their views on the most pressing banking topics of the week. As excerpted from the Comments sections of AmericanBanker.com articles.

The concept of making anonymous online transactions is in the spotlight because of the prominence of the digital currency Bitcoin, but most consumers remain uneasy with the cryptocurrency's instability and risk. An alternative for the privacy-minded might sprout from Tor, or The Onion Router.

National Mortgage Insurance Co., a new company based in Emeryville, Calif., announced Thursday that Fannie and Freddie have granted it approval as an eligible mortgage insurer.

One week after American Express Co. announced that its fourth-quarter earnings fell sharply from a year earlier, the company filled in more details Thursday.