On Wednesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said it had settled charges with The Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE) for allegedly causing nine wholly-owned subsidiaries to fail in re...

The U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship introduced four bills that deal with various issues, including improvements to the State Trade Expansion Program (STEP) and enhanced ac...

On Thursday, U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to enforce penalties on brokers who submit fraudulent enrollments for a health plan. Wyden, the cha...

The U.S. securities market will soon by switching to a T+1 standard settlement cycle, starting on May 28. Last February, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted rules to facilitate the...

U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Mike Crapo (R-ID) released a white paper last week outlining a policy related to reform how physicians are paid by Medicare. The white paper outlines several areas w...

U.S. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Matt Cartwright (D-PA) introduced legislation that seeks to protect the right of public employees to join unions and engage in collective bargaining on behalf o...

The House Financial Services Committee passed a bill that would exempt small banks and lenders from reporting requirements under the Small LENDER Act. The Small LENDER Act (H.R. 1806) would codify...