April 08, 2011
April Blog o’ Blogs
In this issue, we look at sports (but not the NFL!), sound wedding bells for the English authorities, chat with Joaquin Almunia, question whether antitrust provides a remedy for net...
April 07, 2011
Ralph Nader: Obama Should Nominate Warren to Lead CFPB
April 7, 2011 Former presidential candidate and consumer advocate Ralph Nader in a letter to the editor featured on Madison.com advocated his belief that President Obama should pick Special Treasury...
April 03, 2011
Senate Republicans Push to Repeal Dodd-Frank Financial Takeover
April 1, 2011 Financial Takeover Repeal Act would stop burdensome regulations, spur job growth, and ensure that ‘too big to fail’ bailout policies are not permanent WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today,...
March 31, 2011
In Anticipation of Durbin Impact on Payments, Electronic Payments Collapse,...
(Little Rock, Arkansas) – As the Federal Reserve announced official implementation of the interchange provisions of the Durbin Amendment this morning, Ozark State Community Bank, a local credit union here...
March 31, 2011
Treasury Department Announces Senior Hires for CFPB
3/31/2011 WASHINGTON-The U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced the hiring of senior leadership for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Elizabeth Warren, Assistant to the President and Special Advisor...
March 24, 2011
FinovateSpring 2011 Demo Roster Revealed — Get your early-bird ticket...
In less than seven weeks, over 60 handpicked companies will take the stage at FinovateSpring in San Francisco to demo their latest financial and banking technology innovations. The selected companies...
March 23, 2011
Debit Interchange and CFPB among 2011 Policy Priorities for ICBA
San Diego, Calif. (March 22, 2011)-The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) today announced its top legislative and regulatory priorities for the coming year. ICBA made the announcement in San...
March 23, 2011
Fed Chairman’s ICBA Convention Speech: “Community Banking in a Period...
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke At the Independent Community Bankers of America National Convention, San Diego, California March 23, 2011 Community Banking in a Period of Recovery and Change It’s a...
March 13, 2011
Processors: Connecting the Dots for Payments Growth?
Click here to download this article as a PDF. Introduction Every day, billions of payments transactions take place all over the world. In the United States, a typical consumer’s...