Glen Fest

The Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act is set to expire at the end of the year. While extending relief to stressed homeowners seems a no-brainer with millions of mortgages still underwater, some worry the measure could be allowed to die.

Analysts expect the scarcity and rising prices of hard drives for retail and corporate markets will last into 2013, due to a slow recovery from severe flooding last fall in Thailand.

To succeed this year, banks must balance the near-term need to make loans and the long-term reality that an exodus of low-cost deposits is looming.

The idea that small business spurs job growth is a powerful, if not biblical, force in economic theory and public policy. But what if this bedrock belief about the jobs-creating power of small business and isn't true — or, at the very least, is missing a big part of the story?

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau lacks leadership at the moment, but not direction. Although Elizabeth Warren has left and Richard Cordray has yet to be confirmed, their laundry list is extensive and they're getting down to business.

Brian Moynihan gives an interview on camera, on the spot. ABC dwells on the sidewalk chase. Will bankers who hide their checking fees get the same treatment?

The FDIC and Federal Reserve banks are revamping procedures to meet new legislative and regulatory demands.

Updates to the 20-year-old Americans With Disabilities Act means, for banks that need to bring their ATMs in line with compliance, there is a heavy chore ahead.

Banks are gathering data on friends, followers and likes with the aid of social media. But privacy and risk issues abound, and wary consumers turn to privacy-preserving tools such as Intelliprotect and SafetyWeb, which promise to prevent identity fraud.

Key players in payments are discussing how technology in IBM's supercomputer Watson might revolutionize fraud monitoring or credit evaluation, and even sit in for human operators.

Payday lenders seemingly have few friends in high places, but they recently found sympathy from a surprising source: an economist at the Kansas City Fed.

Banks must balance the urge to make investments for a smartphone world against the needs of today's customers — and a majority of them use standard cell phones.

Agency officials are concerned about the heavy concentration of municipal holdings in some major banks.

Two years in the making, a new crime database could help banks drastically improve robbery response and prevention.

Opponents to the Durbin interchange limits argue that fraud prevention efforts might suffer, with the drastic cut in income.

New federal guidelines place more responsibility with banks to protect Social Security and other federal benefits from creditor garnishments.

Many banks are still struggling with incorporating new hourly wage rules for mortgage loan officers, nearly a year after they went into effect.

Examiners for the OCC are worried about concentrations of municipal bonds held by national banks, and have begun asking risk officers to evaluate their exposures.

Banks are going from reverse to overdrive with indirect auto lending, as consumers who put off car purchases for years start buying again.

Despite worries over data security and 24/7 access, cloud computing attracts more banks with cost savings and improved efficiency.