Regulation

Policymakers and law enforcement should work with the Bitcoin community to realize the potential benefits of censorship-resistant money—and to develop tools and techniques to address the technology’s potential misuse.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is pressuring the Department of Justice for more details related to payments made to the Federal Housing Administration as part of the $25 billion mortgage servicing settlement announced last year.

With a wave of mergers and acquisitions inevitable, a new set of regulatory hurdles have evolved for large financial entities and community banks alike.

VantageSouth Bancshares in Raleigh, N.C., plans to sell up to $50 million of preferred stock to leave the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Alex Dunlap, the former director of debt sales for Wells Fargo, has left the bank for Flock Specialty Finance. His move comes after Wells stopped selling unpaid consumer loans to outside buyers and as regulators crack down on banks' debt collection practices.

The former Fed vice chair is a logical alternative to Janet Yellen and Larry Summers. He's got the central bank and industry experience, plus his confirmation would make history.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Tuesday that it is suing Morgan Drexen, a debt-relief provider, for false marketing a month after the same company filed suit against the CFPB.

The meaning of the term "underbanked" has evolved considerably over the last 30 years, and its definition today makes little sense.

FNBH desperately needs capital after regulators shot down a plan that had a hefty percentage of debt. The company is hoping an equity infusion by a big investor will help it get on track.

Decades in Washington are bound to make any lawmaker a little cynical, but former Rep. Barney Frank says Netflix's hit drama "House of Cards" goes too far.