In|Vest 2018 Direct

The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate for conforming loans fell, according to Freddie Mac, even as the 10-year Treasury yield rose nearly 18 basis points from the start of this week.

Kara Snow is the Senior Regulatory Counsel at Covius Compliance

The Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency both cited the nation's largest bank for having "inadequate" policies around firm and client trading activities.

If former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin follows through with a purchase of the controversial social media app, it will be the second high-profile deal he will have marshaled this year after leading a $1 billion equity investment in the troubled New York Community Bancorp.

The pandemic reduced the number of daily mass-transit commuters, but the accompanying surge of contactless payments is expanding and diversifying transit systems' demographic reach, according to data from the card network.

The Navy Federal scandal is just the tip of the iceberg. After looking away for 20 years, Congress needs to focus on providing real oversight of the credit union industry.

Ian Barrow is Senior Employee Experience Consultant at employee engagement company, WorkBuzz. He has been working with organizations to improve their culture, employee experience and engagement for over 25 years, helping senior leaders build better places to work. He is passionate about understanding employee behaviors and motivations to create more inspiring and empowered work environments.

Larger banks are responsible for a special assessment to cover the costs of the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. The price tag has ballooned by $4.1 billion, and trade groups are criticizing the FDIC's process, arguing that it lacks transparency.

Federal Reserve officials have hammered home the importance of bank readiness to borrow from the discount window. Getting banks to actually do so may require the Fed to make structural improvements to the system.