Policy & Regulation

Debate chat masks election's high stakes for banking; Basel III resistance rises; the Most Women Powerful in Banking.

To say one is a banker because he or she works at a bank is like saying you are a car because you live in a garage. The term banker must mean something.

In the first presidential debate Mitt Romney criticized the "systemically important" designations, mandated by the act, as "the biggest kiss that's been given to New York banks." And he's getting impatient with that "qualified mortgage" definition.

Andy Haldane's speech comparing bank regulation to a dog snaring a Frisbee has caught fire among pundits and bloggers, but the U.K. regulator argues in an interview he has been mostly misunderstood.

Payleven has elbowed its way into the crowded mobile card-reader device playing field by offering a chip-and-PIN reader that will first debut in Europe near the end of October.

The Financial Stability Board may trim their list of 29 too-big-to-fail banks earmarked for capital surcharges, according to two people familiar with the talks.

Federal regulators are targeting another financial firm in connection with its mortgage activities before the housing crisis.

The Government Accountability Project is teaming up with the Occupy Wall Street crowd to educate bank staffers about their rights.

Banks with government assistance such as the Troubled Asset Relief Program face the greatest risk under Basel III proposals, advisors of Mercer Capital and Jones Day say.

Polonia Bancorp (PBCP) in Huntingdon Valley, Pa., has postponed its stock sale and conversion to a stock company after a regulatory exam revealed compliance problems.