Banking

The commercial and financial worlds are eagerly anticipating not only what the Federal Reserve will do with interest rates this…

OBSERVATIONS FROM THE FINTECH SNARK TANK Hurray, instant payments are here! To much fanfare, the Federal Reserve launched its new…

On the anniversary of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, it is important to recognize the transformative…

In the movie “Moneyball,” Oakland A’s General Manager Billy Bean uses an innovative strategy called “sabermetrics” to catapult his underachieving…

Insurance companies have slightly lagged the market but rising interest rates bolster income. A s investors adjust to a new…

OBSERVATIONS FROM THE FINTECH SNARK TANK On the heels of the success (i.e., growing adoption) of digital wallets from Apple,…

OBSERVATIONS FROM THE FINTECH SNARK TANK When Apple speaks, people listen—and pundits pontificate. The pundits came out in force after…

Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) deserves credit for persistence. He successfully introduced new regulations and price controls in the debit card…

Economist Charles Calomiris sets out a scary but plausible scenario for how the budget deficit will translate into grief for…

If you’ve been shopping for an insurance plan lately, you’ve probably found that premiums for homeowners, auto and life insurance…