A Federal Reserve decision that will let many banks pay dividends again is another sign that the equity markets have returned to health, and it likely will stoke investor demand for financials, according to Mary Ann Deignan, head of equity capital markets in the Americas for UBS.

For Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s Special Situations Group, disasters can be a source of big profits. Now the secretive investing operation faces its own potential calamity.

A couple of years ago Ron Van Surksum, a financial adviser in Grandville, Mich., was struggling to justify his fee schedule.

The secretary of housing and urban development plans to "finish out this term" but wants to return to "the private sector because I think you have just as much influence, maybe more."

The industry cheered the bureau’s proposed repeal of its ability-to-repay requirement, but another part of the rule — on account debit restrictions — was left intact, and some companies aren’t ready to comply.

Credit unions are getting better at using data analytics to pitch loan refinancing options to members, though there are still some pitfalls with the strategy.

The agency’s proposed data collection and reporting requirements would disproportionately burden community banks, which lead the nation in small-business lending.

The Biden administration’s continued extension of a student loan payment moratorium and the uncertain future of a debt forgiveness plan are causing confusion and uncertainty.

The creation of a U.S. dollar central bank digital currency is an existential threat to the banking industry and needs to be treated as such.