Policy & Regulation

A Supreme Court ruling on Tuesday upheld the controversial practice of including mandatory arbitration clauses in credit card contracts.

Making banks show the rigor of their analysis through what-if exercises is all well and good. But investors would be better served if auditors had to tell more about the risks their clients are taking.

All of China’s bank-led payment platforms and third-party payment providers would have to ensure their customers use their real names when paying online under regulations the People’s Bank of China proposed Jan. 5.

Dutch financial services company ING Group said Friday that it may have to sell more assets to repay state aid, as it grapples to meet stricter banking rules and protect itself against choppy markets.

Bank of America has told regulators that it is willing to retreat from some parts of the country if its financial problems deepen, according to people familiar with the situation.

Private equity's impact on job creation has come to forefront over the last week of the Republican presidential candidate primaries, as critics took aim at Mitt Romney's Bain Capital career.

Tom Grady, tapped last year as Florida's banking commissioner, want to cuts regulatory costs to help state's survivors recover.

New Jersey has a long and rich history of nurturing inventions and inventors. The works of Edison, Einstein and Roebling continue to improve our lives.

Big banks may not be very happy about the newly-empowered Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but they're hoping to leave the unpleasant task of challenging the new agency to their nonbank competitors.

As European banks continue to establish standards for a Single Euro Payments Area, not nearly as much attention has focused on a similar process for ecommerce or mobile payments in the euro zone.