A national retailer settled SEC charges for using employee separation agreements that required departing workers to give up their rights to whistleblower awards.

Senator Elizabeth Warren asked federal banking regulators to revoke their decision to provide a special exemption that allowed a bank to use taxpayer-insured deposits to subsidize risky European trading activities.

The Federal Reserve Board proposed creating a new, restricted type of account at a Federal Reserve bank that would let payments-focused institutions clear and settle transactions directly without holding a full master account.

The SEC and the National Futures Association signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on supervision and share information about firms and markets in areas of common regulatory interest.

The SEC approved rule changes allowing the Options Clearing Corporation to begin clearing "European-style" binary options. The amendments add a margining mechanism for the products to OCC's risk model.