"Follow the money" can serve as a good starting point for identifying strong-performing mutual funds, said analysts at Standard & Poor's.

Financial services leaders in the U.S. are lowering their expectations for the country's economy, according to the Business Optimism Index, a quarterly survey by Grant Thornton LLP.

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The mortgage industry was caught off guard by regulators’ decision to cease special treatment for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in complying with underwriting rules. But how big of an impact will the new policy have?

The Alabama bank, which is spending hundreds of millions on technology, says the ability to make faster credit decisions is one reason digital metrics such as checking account openings are soaring.

The agency’s director said it will let a temporary GSE exemption from the “qualified mortgage” regulation expire.

The agency needs to demonstrate the moral courage necessary to break up unmanageably large banks.

A senior regulator writes that the ongoing review of the system will lead to changes, rather than an embrace of the status quo.

Revisions in 2020 to the way regulators classify "hot" deposits struck some observers as risky, at least in theory. Silvergate seems to have made that risk less theoretical.