Regulation

Researchers found that stolen payment data has been used to finance terrorism, human trafficking and other organized crime. Their conclusion that card fraud needs to be taken more seriously by banks and card networks drew pushback from the financial industry.

Democratic lawmakers argue that Paul Watkins' former employment at a "homophobic hate group" makes him unfit to lead the agency's innovation office. Watkins says he did no advocacy work for that organization.

There is bipartisan agreement in the Senate that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are "too big to fail," but some lawmakers are skeptical that a SIFI designation is appropriate.

The president signed an executive order Tuesday establishing a White House council dedicated to examining regulatory barriers to affordable housing.

The number of minority depository institution charters is declining even as their financial performance is going up, according to a new study by the FDIC.

As lawmakers meet this week to discuss artificial intelligence, they should work with regulators to create universal and workable definitions.

Dallas Fed chief says lower interest rates may require stricter rules to ward off riskier lending; after financial crisis, debt backed by HELOCs disappeared.

The speed and the bipartisan nature of the demand for an investigation into Facebook's Libra are telling, giving ammunition to those who warned the cryptocurrency space is underregulated and unsafe

Ron Rubin, on leave after a sexual harassment complaint, filed a lawsuit claiming that the state's chief financial officer, through an intermediary, sought a $1 million contribution as part of a quid pro quo to get the job.

Nearly half the nation's state regulators have agreed to a new multistate licensing business for money servicers, including fintechs.