Banks are looking to the relative safety and profitability of their wealth management divisions to boost earnings. But with that strategy comes increased regulatory and ethical scrutiny of this business line.

The Fed's Janet Yellen and optimism about the future were hot topics at American Banker's Women in Banking awards dinner on Thursday.

The underlying results of JPMorgan's third quarter were mediocre, even excluding heavy litigation costs. Its loan outlook for the current quarter is unencouraging. Expect a lot of other banks to continue the theme this fall.

Regulators have proposed new rules that would require banks to accept private flood insurance on homes in high-risk areas.

Even though the U.S. payments industry's regulatory environment can be difficult for startups, there is plenty of investment being made in the market for new disruptive technologies.

Payward Ltd., which runs the Kraken digital currency exchange, is the latest virtual-currency provider to partner with Fidor Bank in Germany.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has updated its accounting guidelines to reflect the new regulatory-capital requirements outlined in Basel III set to take effect next year.

The Treasury Department expects to receive roughly $66 million from a recent auction of stakes it owns in seven banks from the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Bertha Garza, who has used her role at IBC Bank in Brownsville, Texas, to help spread financial literacy, was given American Banker's Community Impact Award, presented for the first time at our annual gala celebrating the industry's most powerful women.

As if rising mortgage rates aren’t scary enough, some analysts are pointing to a lurking threat to housing: “vampire” properties.

Bank of the Ozarks posted a 16% rise in quarterly profit after completing an acquisition and reporting strong loan growth.

Webster Financial (WBS) in Waterbury, Conn., reported higher third-quarter profit as commercial loan growth made up for a steep decline in mortgage-banking revenue.

'Lady, you got a lot going on,' a customs agent recently told American Banker's Most Powerful Woman in Finance, upon learning she was an American banker working from JPMorgan Chase.

Accepting her award as the "most powerful woman in banking" at American Banker's annual awards dinner at the Waldorf Astoria on Thursday, KeyCorp's Beth Mooney anticipated a time when female leaders in the industry are so commonplace that gender is merely an afterthought.

Wells Fargo & Co., the largest U.S. home lender, said third-quarter profit climbed 13 percent to a record as fewer loan defaults and lower expenses helped overcome weakness in mortgage lending.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. reported its first quarterly loss under Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon after taking a $7.2 billion charge for legal expenses.

SunTrust Banks (STI) has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to resolve claims of shoddy mortgage lending, servicing and foreclosure practices.

WEST JORDAN, Utah – Mountain America CU this week opened a new branch in Pocatello, its fifth in Idaho and 77th in its five Western states field of membership.

MECHANICSBURG, Penn. – Members 1st FCU is opening three more branches in Lancaster County, in Elizabethtown this month, Ephrata next month and Millersville in April.

ST. JOSEPH, Mich. – Fast-growing United FCU, one of a handful of credit unions to buy a bank in the past year, has renovated its 6,000-square-foot mortgage processing facility into a training center for staff.