Profits soared at First Republic Bank in San Francisco thanks to lending growth in several categories and its expansion in wealth management.

Banks are slowly warming up to the idea of open APIs, essentially tools that allow banks to easily connect with others, but BBVA's Shamir Karkal says that they will likely also push banks to modernize their core systems.

Boston Private Financial Holdings appointed its bank president, George Schwartz, to the newly created position of chief executive of its private banking group.

FHFA Director Mark Calabria said the health crisis will complicate the release of a proposal establishing new capital requirements for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

The temporary foreclosure moratorium on loans backed by HUD, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac comes after lawmakers and housing advocates had pushed for steps to avoid consumers getting booted from their homes.

The pandemic has upended staffing plans, sparked concerns about servicers’ capacity to handle the expected crush of missed payments, and even raised questions about their ability to stay afloat.

The real threat is from undercapitalized banks, and regulators must require large banks to have enough capital to eliminate that threat.

Moody's decision to downgrade some banks' bond ratings isn't great news, but life will go on. The bigger and more difficult problem is shoring up U.S. sovereign debt ratings in the long-term.

Many small-business lenders have less than 18 months to figure out how to gather and report on an extensive array of data.