Regulation

Financial services firms are being specifically targeted in Web attacks by "criminal elements," according to Edward Powers, a principal at Deloitte & Touche. Those attackers “know what assets they’re going after and they’re going after you in a very orchestrated way,’’ he said at a meeting of the Wall Street Technology Association.

Anyone looking for the Treasury Secretary to endorse a specific approach to the future of the GSEs was surely disappointed by his testimony Tuesday, yet much could still be gleaned.

When the call comes from compliance that your branch examination is imminent, some advisors decide it’s time to take a vacation while others take the vapors. But branch exams should not be stressful or painful – if you follow these basic steps and integrate them into your practice.

House Financial Services Committee chairman Spencer Bachus, R-Ala., is warning the Securities and Exchange Commission that he does not support its proposed rules for a municipal advisor registration system because they are too broad and do not reflect congressional intent.

A House subcommittee hearing is scheduled for Wednesday that will focus on how the Dodd-Frank Act is affecting community banks and small business.

Nearly seven months after passing a bill that included a measure to limit interchange fees on debit cards, lawmakers were expressing buyer's remorse.

Our legal expert answers your questions about clients who brag about their other accounts.

A step in the right direction - or just a cost increase?

The director of the MIT AgeLab discusses the new era for dealing with the Baby boomer set.

Lincoln Financial Group says it took swift action to safeguard private consumer information and beef up its security policies, after it discovered vulnerabilities in a Web-based system that stored consumer account records for two of its business units.