Weakness in federal oversight was one of many factors that contributed to the size of federal losses and the number of bank failures in banking-related crises over the past 35 years— including the 1980s thrift and commercial bank crises and the 2007– 2009 financial crisis. Resolving the failures of banks and thrifts due to these…

The 114th Congress is considering legislation to provide “regulatory relief” for banks. The need for such relief, some argue, results from the increased regulation that was applied in response to vulnerabilities that became evident during the financial crisis that began in 2007. In the aftermath of the crisis, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer…

In chapter one, Mark T. Leung, Shaotao Pan, and Minghe Sun introduce and evaluate a range of data analytic methods that are frequently implemented in e-commerce research, providing readers with important insight. Next, Emad Abdel Rahim Dahiyat opens chapter two by discussing intelligent technology and evaluating software agents’ liability when it comes to the electronic…