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.

While there is a general concern that inflation may be coming, there is little consensus among target-date funds on how to prepare for it.

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.

Following a congressional mandate, the consumer bureau solicited public feedback on Property Assessed Clean Energy loans, which have been deemed risky by the Federal Housing Administration.

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.

For all of the regulators’ progress over the years, many are still relying on an internal technology framework that was built for 1992, not 2022.

To create sensible rules around decentralized finance, regulators have to have an open discussion with businesses in the industry. To do that, they must create a path for collaboration.