Certified financial planners are uniquely qualified to help Americans keep their finances in good stead, the CFP Board of Standards said. The group has just rolled out a glossy $36 million advertising campaign to make them aware of that.

Charles Schwab Corp. announced Friday its net income and revenue soared in the first quarter, as the economy improved and investors moved off the sidelines.

March was the third month in a row that retail investors were net buyers of individual municipal bonds, and it also was the fifth consecutive month that mom-and-pop investors sold more shares of muni mutual funds than they purchased, according to the March transparency report published by BondDesk Group LLC.

American Banker won 11 journalism awards during the past week, including its first Grand Neal, the highest of the honors announced at this year's Jesse H. Neal business journalism awards.

The mortgage industry is stepping up its fight against a bill that would raise the Department of Veterans Affairs' mortgage fees to cover medical costs for Vietnam vets.

The company plans to sell its third-party origination channel to Renasant. It has also lined up a deal to sell its correspondent channel.

How many more decisions will CFPB Director Rohit Chopra make without appropriate stakeholder input?

A heads-down approach is no longer viable, but that doesn't mean executives need to address everything. Clear guidelines help leaders to decide when to speak up.

In their public battles over the issue of credit union buyouts of banks, bankers and credit union executives are forgetting to ask some key questions.