Regulation

Retailers and the major card brands are throwing more legal punches at each other over the controversial proposed $7.25 billion swipe-fee settlement in a years-long anti-trust case.

The nation needs a more informed public discussion of the kind of financial system we really want before we try breaking up the big banks through legislation or regulatory fiat.

A federal jury convicted three former executives at the failed Bank of the Commonwealth in Norfolk, Va., of hiding the bank's bad assets for their own gain.

The CFPB has made fair lending a top priority. To avoid problems, scrutinize the agency’s view of the laws, proactively analyze policies and document the reasons behind your loan decisions.

Because Bitcoin transactions are virtually instant, free and near-anonymous, charitable organizations are collecting and distributing donations in bitcoin.

World Law Group, one of the largest U.S. debt settlement firms, has been ordered to stop collecting upfront fees for its services, North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper has announced.

Liberty Reserve SA and seven individuals were indicted in what federal prosecutors in New York called an international money-laundering conspiracy.

Bitcoin has had as much bad publicity as good in recent months. But even its setbacks have served to strengthen the community that supports the fledgling alternative currency.

Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. sued trade groups and retailers that rejected a $7.25 billion settlement in a price-fixing suit and asked a court to rule that the card companies' fee practices weren't illegal.

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