Most banks and payment processors are in no hurry to help marijuana sellers accept credit card payments where the substance can be legally sold, despite a clear opportunity to modernize what is largely a cash-based market.

These 20 women have reached impressive heights in a traditionally male dominated industry and have played a vital role in helping their organizations stay ahead of the curve.

The legislation grandfathering certain CLOs and clarifying which commercial loan securities are exempt from the Dodd-Frank Act trading ban were part of a package of bills approved by the House Financial Services Committee.

The Senate Banking Committee has forged a strong bipartisan agreement to reform the housing finance market, but how — and whether — that effort gets picked up in 2015 is still very much in question.

Steven Antonakes, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's deputy director, recalled how people's interest in what regulators do grew in 2008.

MADISON, Wis. — One of the most visible changes at credit unions in the wake of the Great Recession has been the sharp increase in expectations for credit union directors — especially when it comes to financial education.

Fiserv, which operates the Accel debit network, spent two years evaluating the best way to route EMV debit transactions in compliance with federal mandates – but it abstained from working with the Debit Network Alliance, which is committed to the same cause.

ARLINGTON, Va. — NAFCU has introduced its own risk-based capital calculator the trade association says will help credit unions carefully evaluate the impact of NCUA's proposed capital rule on their operations.

WASHINGTON — Mark McWatters shared insights into what kind of regulator he would be if confirmed to a seat on the NCUA board during testimony before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Thursday.

Becoming a licensed money transmitter throughout the U.S. is a time intensive and costly process many Bitcoin businesses are struggling with. But the costs of compliance could be cut substantially with the proactive step of hiring in-house compliance officers.

WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced several key hires on Wednesday, including a chief economist, financial empowerment director and market liquidity researcher.

Three nominees to the Federal Reserve Board are set to underscore the growing attention the central bank is paying to financial stability concerns amid its two other mandates of employment and price stability.

Regulators should demand more derivatives disclosures in forthcoming living wills. Having banks disclose the risk factors in their risk measurement models would help regulators understand if banks are well capitalized for unexpected losses.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — NCUA chairman Debbie Matz has informed CUNA and NAFCU that the comment period for the agency's risk-based capital proposal will not be extended, the trade associations report.

Digital currency exchanges may soon file formal proposals and applications to operate under regulations set by the New York State Department of Financial Services.

The Federal Reserve Board has the authority to act on its own to apply different capital requirements for insurance companies than those it has already mandated for banks, several senators said Tuesday.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is planning to eliminate its current employee performance management system after data showed minorities were rated lower than white employees.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has joined other regulators in seeking to simplify megabanks' myriad legal entities. But instead of being focused on helping a bank to unwind in a failure, the OCC argues simplification can greatly help operational efficiency.

It is still unresolved how regulators will apply capital requirements to insurance companies under the Dodd-Frank regime for systemic firms, but members of Congress are urging the Federal Reserve Board to be flexible.

MasterCard and Visa have formed a new group to improve efforts in the U.S. to migrate to the EMV-chip cards other security methods.