Regulatory & Compliance

Saying he wants to do more encourage job creation and increase exports, President Obama today established a Council on Jobs and Competitiveness.

NCUA has a bias against small credit unions, the chairman of the National Association of Credit Union Chairmen charged Thursday.

A spokesman for the Electronic Payments Coalition, a group formed to defend card interchange, predicted that the legislation authorizing a cap on debit card interchange would face strong opposition in this Congress.

The SEC is asking Congress to give it more power to strengthen its investment adviser examination program including through assessing fees to fund exams, according to a new study from the commission.

Former Assistant Treasury Secretary Michael Barr will become a Filene Research Fellow to conduct research on financial services issues in conjunction with the Filene Research Institute.

Saying she is "executing a fatally flawed plan," the lawmaker in charge of overseeing the new consumer agency asked point person Elizabeth Warren four pages of organizational and policy questions on the new consumer bureau.