Compliance

It's time not only to hold banks accountable for their security, but also to provide meaningful regulatory guidance on how to achieve security.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's final rule on prepaid cards will improve fraud protection and provide greater transparency of costs for such products, but is already drawing fire from both consumer advocates and bankers over how it treats overdraft fees.

Wells Fargo Chief Executive John Stumpf may get a third grilling by lawmakers over the fake account scandal that continues to embroil the San Francisco bank.

Wells Fargo Chief Executive John Stumpf may get a third grilling by lawmakers over the fake-accounts scandal that continues to embroil the San Francisco bank.

Washington halts a move to update its 15-year-old MBL rule while the federal regulation undergoes a legal challenge

Information security, internal controls, workforce planning and building renovations are priorities that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should quickly address, its inspector general said last week.

Google is placing more emphasis on hardware and voice-controlled assistance, and its payment technology is coming along for the ride. Here's a look at Google's history in mobile payments—what worked, and what got cut over time.

Visa Inc., MasterCard Inc. and American Express Co. lost an early round of a lawsuit alleging they colluded to pin liability for fraudulent transactions on merchants who didn’t meet a chip-reading technology deadline.

The former secretary of state used the Wells enforcement action to call for tougher standards on Wall Street, restraints on the use of forced arbitration clauses and continued defense of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The two trade associations have partnered to fight the Independent Community Bankers of America, and some analysts say this could just be the beginning of new legal challenges from bankers related to high-stakes regulatory reform at NCUA.

New monthly reporting from CUNA Mutual Group and NAFCU shows that while membership and lending gains remain strong and steady, credit unions should expect compliance costs to continue to increase as more regulatory experts are needed at credit unions.

Meta Financial in Sioux Falls, S.D., has agreed to buy most of the assets and liabilities for a company that handles transactions for tax preparers.

While the Wells Fargo scandal might offer marketing opportunities for community banks, there is concern about regulatory fallout that fails to distinguish between large and small banks.

Wells Fargo Chief Executive John Stumpf’s two disastrous appearances on Capitol Hill are boosting calls for him to resign – and many analysts are wondering whether the embattled executive will be able to keep his job.

Wells Fargo Chief Executive John Stumpf's two disastrous appearances on Capitol Hill have fueled calls for him to resign — and many analysts are wondering whether the embattled executive will be able to keep his job.

Julie Stackhouse, head of supervision at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, discusses the insights that resonated at the regulator's recent community banking conference — some encouraging for the future of small financial institutions, others less so.

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers sent a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday expressing concern about the agency's proposal to rein in payday lending and other short-term credit, warning it could hamper credit availability.

Shiv Govindan at Pilgrims & Indians Capital has kept a relatively low profile as a bank investor. But two key board appointments at struggling community banks promise to make him a more visible player in the industry.

Restoring consumer confidence in financial services won't be easy after the latest banking brouhaha, but the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau can help by proactively holding all mortgage loan officers to the same federal licensing standard.

A year after the U.S. EMV liability shift kicked the country's migration into high gear, there are still major hurdles to widespread adoption. The shift took effect Oct. 1, 2015, placing liability on the party unable to handle EMV security, but even this incentive wasn't enough to get everyone on board at the same time.