Policy & Regulation

Banks and institutional investors in loans caught a break when the SEC and CFTC decided not to define loan participation agreements as swaps under Dodd-Frank. A decision otherwise would have ended business as usual.

JPMorgan Chase's Disney debit rewards card was one of many that banks eliminated after regulation led to a slash in debit interchange revenue. Now the card is making a comeback — with a few changes.

Distressed homeowners have received only 10 percent of nearly $46 billion in federal aid since the money was allocated in 2009 under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, a U.S. auditor's report said today.

Global regulators took a further step in refining a capital framework by specifying the amount of capital banks should keep to cover their exposure to central counterparties.

The CEOs who lead our largest banks ought to be spending their time trying to get ahead of the next problem and righting their corporate cultures. If they don't, it may be only a matter of time before Congress breaks them up, argues Editor-at-Large Barbara A. Rehm

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's boss appeared before a House oversight subcommittee known for its hostility and got off surprisingly easy.

Financial markets remain highly complex webs subject to major systemic shocks we are ill-equipped to identify before our financial system melts down.

Visa Europe may receive an antitrust complaint from European Union regulators over credit card fees, the EU's competition commissioner said.

A regulatory settlement or a Senate hearing can remove a particular cloud enveloping an institution, but create deeper doubts than the ones it removes.

Sanford "Sandy" Weill, who ushered in the era of supermarket banks with the creation of Citigroup (C) before the financial crisis, said U.S. lenders should be broken up to protect taxpayers.