Wealthy investors from China and the Middle East are using Citi's private bank to acquire land and fracking rights as vulnerable owners consider emergency liquidations.

Royal Bank of Canada's deal for City National showed that buyers will pay up for banks that cater to the wealthy. That's why First Republic, Boston Private and Signature Bank may soon find themselves facing offers they can't refuse.

Bank of New York Mellon, the custody bank under pressure from activist investor Trian Fund Management to lift its share price, declined the most in nine months after reporting fourth-quarter earnings that missed analysts' estimates.

The Federal Housing Administration chief has already been serving as the acting deputy secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Community banks will likely face questions about mortgage lending, deposit gathering and M&A during earnings calls.

Allowing the mortgage giants to retain profits resolves a short-term capital shortfall, but how much capital they would need after exiting conservatorship is still the bigger question.

Besides negating the benefits of a central bank digital currency, the Federal Reserve's real-time payments system will bring about numerous positive changes, including helping consumers who live paycheck to paycheck.

The real-time payments system from the Federal Reserve will spur an increase in payments innovations and drive prices lower for existing products.

There are existing ways to authenticate third-party permissioned data access that don't involve screen-scraping or expensive token-based systems.