Congress may hand oversight of almost 12,000 investment advisors to Wall Street's self-funded regulator as a cost-saving measure. The price could be paid by investors.

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. reached an agreement on a $65 billion liquidation plan with derivatives creditors including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and bondholders led by the hedge fund Paulson & Co., ending a dispute that threatened to delay its exit from bankruptcy.

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With long-term interest rates at historic lows, mortgage refinancing is coming on strong. But that additional revenue may not be enough to offset net interest margin pressures and lost servicing income.

Though advocates and industry are rarely aligned, they are starting to coalesce around a plan that would call for the elimination of the CFPB’s 43% debt-to-income limit as part of its qualified mortgage rule.

Santander Bank's U.S. unit will be eliminating 80 mortgage-related positions as it withdraws from the third-party origination sales channel and refocuses on producing home loans through its branch network.

The Home Loan banks should not be held harmless when they shovel billions of dollars in loans into troubled banks.

The idea that consumers and small businesses should be assessing banks' safety and soundness makes no sense today, if it ever did at all.

Small and midsize banks have been a lifeline to startups and founders. In the aftermath of SVB's failure, it is vital to avoid further concentration of the industry around the largest banks.