When Kathy Stepp started her fee-only practice in 1992, the certified financial planner and certified public accountant saw her Overland Park, Kan., practice growing into something bigger than a one-woman shop. Exactly how, she wasn't sure.

U.S. insurers' sales of variable annuities rose 24% in the first quarter, led by policies that promise lifetime income and protect against market drops, at a time when investors are still wary of stocks.

The compliance officer at Wunderlich Securities Inc. was well familiar with the rules for running a brokerage. That wasn't enough, however, to keep him and his firm out of serious regulatory trouble.

The CFPB is giving trade groups and consumer advocates another three months to comment on its proposal to change what data is collected under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act.

FB Financial is selling its correspondent lending channel to Rushmore Loan Management Services, which will complete the bank holding company's restructuring of its mortgage business.

A group of Senate Democrats have called on HUD Secretary Ben Carson to reverse his agency’s opinion that borrowers in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program are ineligible for FHA loans.

Lenders must not use new technology and increased access to credit products as a way to exploit borrowers into overextension.

The FTX collapse and other recent disasters in the cryptocurrency space show that there is an urgent need for oversight. A self-regulatory body would get there fastest, while preserving the ethos of cryptocurrency.

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