Whether the leaks will result in a crackdown on the Swiss banking system remains to be seen.

"It's crazy, it's unconscionable, but that is the reality," says noted MIT economist Simon Johnson.

Advocates don't have their Vermont Public Bank yet, but the compromise they reached was still a rare and significant win over Wall Street banks.

The Hollywood Christmas classic was once accused of hiding a subversive Communist message.

Speaking at the Senate on Friday evening, Sen. Elizabeth Warren said the mega-bank should be broken "into pieces."

At the behest of the biggest "too-big-to-fail" banks and as part of the House’s new spending bill, a measure to restrict banks' risky behavior is on the verge of being repealed.

Campaign for America's Future is calling for an "all-out push today to stop a backroom deal that would reopen the Wall Street derivatives casino that caused so much damage in 2008."

The public should be able to influence Federal Reserve policy, and have a say in the crucial macroeconomic policies that the central bank makes.

With Obama in the White House and the GOP in control of Congress, insurers are in the catbird seat.

This week marks the 5th anniversary of the passage of Dodd-Frank. Watch Bill's interviews with experts on the financial crisis and the current state of the banking industry.