Canadian Finance Minister Joe Oliver is pressing credit-card companies and banks to accept lower transaction fees paid by retailers, which the government claims are among the highest in the world, according to two people familiar with the talks.

The reduced pricing for Discover's signature debit card network will apply to the more than 4,000 banks that are members of the American Bankers Association.

On a day when the banking agencies finalized the new liquidity measure for large institutions, they also issued rules dealing with swaps margin requirements and how institutions calculate their overall leverage exposure.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a warning to credit card companies that use deceptive marketing to mask hidden charges within promotional interest rates.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a warning Wednesday to credit card companies that use deceptive marketing to mask hidden charges within promotional interest rates.

The Senate Banking Committee is slated to hold a hearing on the Dodd-Frank Act next week with a number of top financial regulators.

Summer has come and gone in the nation's capital with regulators gearing up for an array of autumn policy moves affecting the financial services sector.

Card data security has to become a 24-hour priority for businesses, not just when PCI compliance assessors come around for annual checkups, according to the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council.

Josh Rossi is best known for starting the first Satoshi Square, a gathering of Bitcoin enthusiasts who trade the virtual currency for cash in New York City's Union Square, in 2013. He has since brought his ideas to new companies and new parts of the world.

Nacha, the electronic payments association, has stepped up scrutiny of the automated clearing house network in an attempt to weed out fraudulent charges.

Sen. Richard Shelby isn't new to Banking Committee leadership, but he would face a crucial ticking clock if he returns as chairman of the panel next year.

Sen. Sherrod Brown may give the country's biggest banks heartburn, but there are signs he's positioning himself as an industry ally ahead of a potential bid to run the Banking Committee.

WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has finalized revisions to its international money transfer rule that will provide certain remittances with a longer exemption.

Despite NCUA handing out of $57,750 in penalties to late Q1 Call Report filers, 75 federally insured CUs have filed their Q2 report late, the agency reported Monday.

Getting payment cards operating under a Single Euro Payments Area framework is the next big hurdle facing those seeking a common system in Europe.

WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has finalized revisions to its international money transfer rule that will provide certain remittances with a longer exemption.

In addition to key races important to the banking policy agenda, the larger contest for which party controls the Senate could also affect legislative efforts relevant to the industry.

The Financial Stability Oversight Council plans to regulate the asset management industry by targeting activities that pose systemic risk rather than the companies themselves. Regulators should take the same approach with life insurers, according to former U.S. Sen. Dirk Kempthorne.

WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has chosen a dozen firms involved in the mortgage industry — including two credit unions — for a pilot program looking at whether electronic fillings can improve the mortgage closing process.

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