November 15, 2012 - Over the past year, the Securities and Exchange Commission received more than 3,000 whistleblower tips from all 50 states and from 49 countries, according to the agency's 2012 Annual Report on the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program released today.

November 6, 2012 - Worldwide banking reforms are unlikely to be completed on time, a new report has indicated. The Basel III regulations have been designed in order to prevent any repeat of the recent financial crisis whereby many lenders required state-funded bailouts by compelling companies to boost their reserve capital ratios.

October 23, 2012 - America's smallest banks should be made exempt from the full Basel III regulatory changes, a leading figure in the industry has recommended.

October 9, 2012 - The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) today announced publication of its final rule regarding company-run stress testing required by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. The rule applies to covered institutions with total consolidated assets greater than $10 billion.

October 2, 2012 - The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has published three reports assessing the rules that will implement Basel III in the EU, Japan and the US. Conducted by independent teams of technical experts from a wide range of countries, the assessments compared the relevant domestic regulations with the Basel Committee's global standards.

September 26, 2012 - Regulators around the world must not rest on their laurels when it comes to implementing reforms in the banking industry, a new report has urged.

September 3, 2012 - A senior Bank of England executive has called for a rethink of the Basel Capital Accord, suggesting instead that regulatory bodies rip up the rule-books and adopt a simpler judgement-based supervisory approach.