Paul Davis

The Treasury Department said it expects to earn $1.54 billion from selling Bank of America Corp. warrants.

A central lawyer in recent deal-making says regulators should have higher pay; BONY Mellon's chief economist argues bipartisanship caused the crisis; and more.

Bankers committed to taking Texas by storm during the recovery will need to revise their playbooks. Banking companies determined to expand in the state have made it abundantly clear that acquisitions will be a crucial component of achieving growth.

Bank of America Corp. is combining it global card and deposits businesses in the first major realignment under new consumer division president Joe Price.

The creation of another high-profile investment group intent on buying failed banks is leading some to wonder if there are too many sharks circling the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Jesse Jackson pushes B of A CEO Moynihan to suspend mortgage payments for the unemployed and those serving in Afghanistan and Iraq; Atlanta City issues an arrest warrant for JPMorgan Chase and Jamie Dimon; U.S. District Court Judge Jed Radkoff cites Yogi Berra in his opinion on the SEC's settlement with B of A; and more.

BB&T Corp. is spreading its risk, joining the migration of bigger banks toward small business and smaller individual loan exposures. Really small, in BB&T's case.

Bank of America Corp. investors authorized an increase to the company's outstanding shares, completing a plan to exit the Troubled Asset Relief program.

Synovus Financial Corp. has promoted the chief executive at one of its biggest banks to become the Columbus, Ga., company's president and chief operating officer.

Regions Financial Corp. is reshuffling management just weeks before new CEO Grayson Hall is set to succeed C. Dowd Ritter.

Regions Financial Corp. is reshuffling management just weeks before new CEO Grayson Hall is set to succeed C. Dowd Ritter.

The move could foreshadow broader changes that may squeeze lenders' already tight margins, raise deposit-gathering costs and discourage lending when the political pressure to rev it up is high.

"Stop Too Big to Fail" campaign gains steam; Risk Management Association chooses one of its own to fill CEO post; Banks' eco-friendliness a matter of perception; and more.

B of A said Thursday that Kunal Kamlani will join the Charlotte company next month as a managing director and head of global investment solutions.

A concern is that the laggards keep falling behind and face temptation to get aggressive, perhaps introducing new risk to balance sheets already roughed up by the recession.

The entire industry still faces serious challenges, but analysts say five regional banking companies are beginning to stand out.

Banks should pay for proprietary trading, says former Fed Gov. Bies; Wall St. big earners looking at ways to hedge exposure to their bonuses; and more.

Banks have been roundly criticized for shortcomings in their loan modification efforts, but executives said Wednesday that they are learning from their mistakes and experimenting with alternatives to help stressed borrowers.

Advocacy group accuses big banks of swinish behavior in new ads; new BofA CEO has his own Starbucks drink; lending on the mind of Wells' execs, although no specific details emerge; and more.

Bankers often accuse regulators of fighting the wrong war, and that divide is as visible as ever on the question of interest rate risk.