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A longtime Chicago CDFI executive looks ahead to influencing job creation through a new advisory post as Treasury.

Customized pages, more integrated content, transaction analytics. Banks are motivated to making corporate portals more useful than ever.

BBVA Compass' prominent NBA sponsorship, game-changing core platform upgrade and high-tech new headquarters tower-deep within the heart of its Texas base of U.S. banking operations-have opened a new playbook for the Spanish-owned franchise. Its futuristic banking model is attracting the spotlight and giving it the means to grow both in and out of its branch footprint.

The hangover from real-estate owned properties on bank balance sheets was expected to last quite a while. But the problem has all but dissipated, thanks to heavy interest in the secondary market for REO and a fast rise in home prices.

State Street's David Saul argues big data is better when it's smart data.

Creditex founder, Sunil Hirani, is heading first CFTC-approved exchange for interest rate derivatives.

The regulator for financial advertising imposes new rules and hefty fines for brokerages and advisors.

The "virtual data room" has been a staple of commercial banks and capital markets firms for much of the past two decades. These locked-down, secured networks allowing third parties to share sensitive client information via electronic documents became the norm for handling syndicate loans, initial public offerings and mergers-and-acquisition discussions.

Championed by CEO Jay Hooley, boston-based State Street is remapping a huge technology infrastructure to reap the benefits of the cloud and big data.

Start the new year right, with new ways to think about widening your customer base, lowering your legal costs, mentoring your executives, maximizing technology investments ... and more.

Why a common tax strategy is about to get much more complex for global banks.

Are banks and credit unions getting personal financial management all wrong?

Six examples of banks that are empowering, and empowered by, women.

Bemoaning the financial industry's apparently high tolerance for bad behavior.

States are stepping up their tactics to escheat unclaimed property from financial firms. Can banks keep up with the changes?

The life of an elephant seal is a metaphor for TBTF, says Andrew Haldane, a UK central banker.

In making underwriting decisions on community development loan funds, institutional investors are considering more than just the cause. These big-bank or pension-fund patrons also want returns, and peace of mind that their principal will be protected.

How Philip Seymour Hoffman got tied to ads for People's United Bank.

Heading into 2011, there were multiple signs that it would be an active year for bank mergers and acquisitions. But as we know, industry M&A fell well short of expectations.

Having grown up with a sister who suffered from severe cerebral palsy, Mary Anne Ehlert came to understand how disabled people might be put in precarious financial situations because of bad planning. Now the financial adviser trains her peers to better serve clients with special needs.