Senate Banking Committee members questioned the CEO of Wells Fargo, and examined the regulatory response to the bank's opening of unauthorized accounts.

MSRB Chair Nathaniel Singer notified Congress that the MSRB has "concluded development of a core regulatory framework for municipal advisors, implementing a regime mandated by Congress under the Dodd-Frank [Act]."

The SEC announced that it awarded "more than $4 million to a whistleblower whose original information alerted the agency to a fraud."

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group amended regulatory guidance concerning requirements for "Exchange for Related Positions" transactions.

The Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee sent inquiries to a number of commercial and residential solar power system developers seeking information about their use of federal tax incentives.