Finance

Life insurers have offloaded long-term policyholder liabilities into offshore reinsurance and captive subsidiaries, raising concerns over state oversight of opaque investment vehicles and whether insurers have adequately funded claims.

The payment company is "exploring options" for PayPal Ventures as new CEO Enrique Lores tries to reverse an earnings slump.

The Federal Reserve weighs rising inflation and a growing economy against a truce in the Middle East and the rise of artificial intelligence in the first monetary policy meeting under new Chair Kevin Warsh.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency's annual report to Congress asks for enforcement and referral powers beyond the limited ones it currently has.

Rithm and UWM Holdings are the favorite names among publicly traded lenders, while BTIG adds coverage of Better Home & Finance at a buy rating.

The digital banking fintech expects to reach profitability this year as it recovers from a post-2021 valuation drop with three consecutive years of growth.

Balance sheet reduction is a top priority of new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh. Achieving that goal means avoiding the kinds of disruptions that roiled the Treasury bond market in 2019, the last time the central bank embarked on quantitative tightening.

In passing the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act, Congress intended to create national rules that would guide lending across state borders. States can't simply opt out of them.

The share of warehouse lenders offering funding lines and sublimits for seconds has risen to new heights according to a Mortgage Bankers Association survey.

The corporate finance fintech now has a $44 billion valuation and is building out an AI token spend management offering for its 7,000-plus enterprise customers.

Valuation experts say RIA purchasers are most attuned to organic sources of growth — assets from new and existing clients. But market gains also play a role.

With anticipation mounting on pending IPOs from giants like Anthropic, SpaceX and OpenAI, here's what advisors are saying to eager clients who want in.

Globally, the war had varying impacts on banks' first-quarter provisions, according to a new report. U.S. banks reported limited reserve-building in response to the conflict.

Verizon's 2026 Data Breach Investigations Report finds attackers now break in most often through unpatched software and third-party vendors, not stolen passwords.

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins said his agency and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission are working together to usher in a friendlier regulatory environment for technology and crypto firms, a marked departure from the interagency dynamic under President Biden.

Though compliance spending remains an issue, the Toronto-based company reported linked-quarter loan growth in the U.S. and expects the trend to accelerate.

Canada's largest bank beat Wall Street's expectations in the second quarter. But some analysts were puzzled by RBC's decision to shrink its provisions for credit losses at the same time as its executives were acknowledging "elevated" macroeconomic uncertainty.

A report from the Financial Stability Board said limited transparency in the private credit market makes it difficult for regulators to monitor and understand risks, potentially masking challenges to the financial system.

The Canadian lender's U.S. plan involved selling branches and jettisoning certain noncore relationship loan portfolios. BMO is now positioned to achieve its stateside return on equity target, CEO Darryl White said.