Regulation

Satirical newspaper The Onion claimed that Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke is a big fan of "Pacific Rim," a movie about giant robots fighting giant monsters.

The CFPB is taking aggressive action against the debt collection industry, emphasizing it plans to hold banks responsible for third-party actions.

Andrew Olmem, a long-time staffer on the Senate Banking Committee, has joined the law firm Venable as a partner.

JPMorgan Chase, reporting a 31% increase in its second-quarter net income driven by investment banking, also reported that its credit-card business is stabilizing.

Eliot Spitzer wants to return to New York politics, and says he's gunning for the dual chairman/CEO roles at banks including JPMorgan Chase. CEO Jamie Dimon and others responded diplomatically on Friday.

A recap of the informed opinions (and the discussions they generated) on BankThink this week.

Bitcoin exchange Coinbase will offer instant purchases for users that supply identity information, with others having to wait four days for transactions to complete.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized clarifications, which were first proposed in April, to its ability-to-repay and mortgage servicing rules Wednesday.

Inconsistent calculations and disclosures usually make it impossible for investors to distinguish differences in credit risk from differences in measurement practices when comparing banks.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren and her colleagues are working to drum up support for a new bipartisan bill that would bring back a Depression-era law separating commercial and investment banks.