Law and regulation

ReD plans to introduce its fraud prevention services in Latin America and the Caribbean, two growing card payments markets that are undergoing migration to EMV smart cards.

Responding to feedback from community banks about the need for more technical assistance, the FDIC unveiled the first of three online video series to help train new officers and directors.

Analysts are skeptical lenders can cut overhead fast enough to keep up with a projected collapse in mortgage volume. Some banks are intent on taking a bigger piece of the pie.

The debate over whether banks should be run by separate chairmen and chief executives has gained fresh urgency as proxy season has arrived. Even at the biggest banks, the question remains far from resolved.

Regulators and lawmakers should take steps to encourage banks to use their excess reserves to accommodate consumer credit demand.

The record shows that regulators and prosecutors have charged bank D&Os and other employees in ways that affect their personal net worth and freedom.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has joined New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to take the Cities for Financial Empowerment program nationwide.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has begun targeting large nonbank debt collectors, starting with data requests that eventually will lead to physical audits of the companies' operations.

Small-business loans resulting from a government program jumped by 20% during the fourth quarter, with the Treasury estimating it has helped more than 38,000 total loans since it began nearly two years ago.

The debt collection industry is bracing for significant reform as collectors are scrutinizing their own practices ahead of the first set of examinations by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has joined forces with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to take a local financial protection program nationwide.

Rising home prices and the ongoing quest for new revenues are prompting lenders to take a second look at a product that fell out of fashion following the housing bust.

More than 300,000 people have signed a petition calling on the Obama administration to "repudiate" Attorney General Eric Holder's remarks suggesting some banks are "too big to jail."

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's definition of a "rural" market needs to be more flexible according to state banking regulators.

BitPay Inc. has more than doubled the processing volume it forecasted for March, fueled by recent business moves. It also hired a veteran of the payment processor Global Payments to handle product management.

State banking regulators are asking the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to be flexible in its definition of a "rural" market when determining when a community bank is eligible to make a balloon loan.

Bank of America and the National Credit Union Administration reached a $165 million accord to cover losses on purchases of residential mortgage- backed securities by credit unions that failed, the agency said.

The former Securities and Exchange Commission chair’s move to Promontory Financial is likely to add to public cynicism about a revolving door and regulatory capture.

The new numbers add to a growing body of evidence suggesting that the U.S. housing sector is slowly rebounding.

The U.S. government is resisting an effort by Standard & Poor's to move to the federal level a string of lawsuits by states that charge the ratings agency with misleading investors.