Emigrant offers art- and antique-related services that most banks do not. "It's not cost-effective for many of the big banks to invest in the expertise and infrastructure to offer art advisory services or to underwrite loans," says Andy Augenblick, the president of Emigrant Bank Fine Art Finance.

Years after they were first launched, in-plan annuities, meant to help retirement-plan participants turn their nest eggs into regular income streams, remain fairly rare.

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. is proposing a wide-ranging settlement of its outstanding derivatives trades with more than a dozen of its largest counterparties, including some of the biggest banks.

The bipartisan proposal aims to renew banks' interest in low-income housing tax credits and bring more lower-priced homes to markets that badly need them.

The Citigroup mortgage unit is not the first lender to be tripped up by California law requiring the interest payments on escrow impound accounts.

The Tulsa, Okla., bank is adding Jim Thompson as director of senior housing investments.

Investors are learning the hard way, again, that highflying new financial products, with little or no regulatory oversight, tend to crash.

The National Credit Union Administration can no longer examine third-party vendors and service providers. That leaves the industry vulnerable to cybercriminals and other bad actors.

The FHFA should focus on the facts as it ponders the future of the Federal Home Loan Bank System.