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NCUA on Wednesday published details on six prohibition orders it issued in December, barring individuals from working at federally insured financial institutions.

The council will confront several challenges in the new year, including a potential formal contest from life insurer MetLife over its recent designation as a systemically important financial institution and ongoing efforts to investigate the asset management industry.

Community banks go against their own interests when they oppose regulations that mainly affect big banks and leave smaller institutions unscathed.

NCUA released a video Monday aimed at educating executives about field of membership options available for federal credit unions.

NCUA warned credit unions about the risks of providing account services to money services businesses (MBSs) in a December supervisory letter and offered guidance to institutions that chose to do so.

Visa and MasterCard halted services in Crimea after a new round of U.S. sanctions, according to multiple reports.

2014 was a big year for payments. Disruption came from within the financial services industry and from outsiders like Apple and Walmart. Mainstream payment companies had to respond to these new competitors as well as adapt to fresh attention from regulators and fraudsters.

The repeal of a key Dodd-Frank Act swaps provision earlier this month was a blow to progressive advocates and lawmakers, but former Rep. Barney Frank says there’s still reason to be optimistic about the future of financial regulation.

Charlie Shrem, the former Bitcoin Foundation Inc. executive who pleaded guilty to charges tied to the illicit online bazaar "Silk Road," was sentenced to two years in prison by a judge who rejected his bid to remain free and "change the world."

Representative Kevin Yoder, who spearheaded this week's changes to the Dodd-Frank financial law's regulation of swaps transactions, has a message for Senator Elizabeth Warren: expect more pro-business changes in next year's spending bills.

WASHINGTON — End-of-year lists are all about the show-stoppers, and nothing stopped the show like NCUA's proposed rule on risk-based capital.

A year ago we asked BankThink contributors to make bold predictions about how the financial industry would evolve in 2014. Here's a look back at their forecasts and the actual outcomes.

American Banker readers share their views on the most pressing banking topics of the week. Comments are excerpted from reader response sections of AmericanBanker.com articles and from our social media platforms.

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, a division of the Treasury Department, has assessed a $1 million civil penalty against MoneyGram International's former chief compliance officer.

Benjamin Lawsky, New York's top financial regulator, sharply criticized banks for their failure to speed up the payment system, warning that the government may step in if they continue to lag behind.

It’s clear that merchant acquirers and processors need to find a way to provide a fast, scalable and merchant-friendly certification path to EMV.

WASHINGTON — The Financial Stability Oversight Council voted Thursday to designate Metlife as a systemically important financial institution, the insurance company revealed, making it the fourth nonbank to receive that designation.

The Financial Stability Oversight Council put a careful foot forward Thursday on the path of designating the asset management industry as a potential economic threat.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's lawsuit against Sprint Corp. is likely to be a test case for whether it has the power to oversee telecommunications firms.