Policy & Regulation

Wordpress, the world’s most popular Web publishing platform, has begun accepting Bitcoin, an international digital currency and payment system with no central issuing authority.

A bill to protect the nation's critical infrastructure from cyberattacks has again failed to clear a congressional hurdle.

Bankers may have fallen out of love with the Obama administration, but they're still hoping that its next Treasury Secretary will solve some of their problems.

The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday gave the 19 largest financial institutions the economic variables that will be used to assess a firm's capital strength and resiliency to withstand an economic crisis.

The Financial Stability Oversight Council is looking at three possible reforms to the money market mutual fund industry, building on recommendations from SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro.

Tom Hoenig, a FDIC board member, reiterated his doubts that too big to fail has been eliminated, and offered his prescriptions for strengthening the system.

Capitol Bancorp (CBCRQ) has been fighting for survival for a few years now, but the next month might prove to be its toughest battle.

Dodd-Frank requires the CFPB to encourage financial innovation. The agency's Project Catalyst will colloborate with three alternative companies to gain a better understanding of how to support start-up financial players.

House Republicans issued a report Thursday that blames the failure of brokerage firm MF Global on former Sen. Jon Corzine's leadership of the firm, adding that a lack of coordination among regulators also played a role.

With construction activity, sales, and home prices still well below pre-crisis levels, a revival of U.S. housing sector "still faces significant challenges and the benefits remain quite uneven," Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said Thursday.