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.

There is bipartisan agreement in the Senate that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are "too big to fail," but some lawmakers are skeptical that a SIFI designation is appropriate.

The president signed an executive order Tuesday establishing a White House council dedicated to examining regulatory barriers to affordable housing.

The New York bank has recruited a dozen commercial lenders from PacWest, Wells Fargo and other rivals, continuing its shift away from its historic reliance on multifamily lending.

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.

Your best future employees aren't looking for banking jobs. Successful hiring requires actively seeking out talent.

Two long-awaited developments — the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's data access proposal and the Federal Reserve's faster payments network debut — are slated for next year. The combined effect on consumer banking might be more consequential than we now know.