Regulation

Hispanic customers of JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo have long been able to pay bills or transfer money online — but only in English. Now both companies are planning to expand their Spanish-language online banking services by early next year.

Kevin Mellyn's "Broken Markets" warns that state suppression of market forces could have lasting consequences. Bankers and policymakers should take heed.

The consumer bureau announced who will be serving as counselor to the CFPB director, general counsel and ombudsman, among other positions.

The Federal Reserve Board has issued an enforcement orders against First Security Bank of Malta in Montana that gives the bank 30 days to become adequately capitalized or sell itself to another institution.

The Financial Stability Board on Tuesday outlined progress, and in some cases weaknesses, of pledges made by countries to adopt tougher capital rules in order to strengthen the global financial system.

After breezing through a Senate hearing last week, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon faced tough questions from members of both parties at a hearing before the House Financial Services Committee.

The Treasury Department plans to auction pools of securities in nearly two-thirds of the banks left in the Troubled Asset Relief Program, its most aggressive move yet to get small banks out of the program.

Richard Hunt, who assumed leadership of the Consumer Bankers Association three years ago as its president, has now been named the chief executive officer for the group.

Financial stocks rose Tuesday after federal housing regulators said they were revising guidelines that could reduce lenders' risks of having to buy back soured mortgages that have been securitized.

Discover Financial Services may be having more success than its peers in getting consumers to revolve balances from month to month — which is where more profits lie.