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HUD Secretary Ben Carson has spent much of his first year trying to convince lenders they wouldn't be harshly penalized if FHA-guaranteed loans went bad. But he still has a ways to go.

Both in dollar and transaction volume, credit card use is growing at a faster pace than debit use, but one industry group predicts that overall credit union lending could decline in 2018

A voice banking feature was the overwhelming winner in the Speed Round competition at this year's CUNA Technology Council Conference, but it remains to be seen how widely that technology will be adopted in 2018 and beyond.

Some were sold at discounted prices, while others were shut down by their acquirers or quietly ceased doing business.

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, who is the largest shareholder of Citigroup and has been detained since early November in a corruption probe, faces a demand from Saudi Arabian authorities of at least $6 billion to win his freedom, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.

The reduction is “primarily” from a lower value of net deferred tax assets, the bank said in a securities filing Friday, the same day President Trump signed the legislation.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and four other Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee are insisting on a recorded vote by the full Senate for the nomination of Brian Montgomery as Federal Housing Administration commissioner.

The seven largest national banks held less than 5% of loans that were delinquent at the end of the third quarter, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said Friday.

Bank of America, PNC join a growing list of banks planning to use the anticipated savings from the reduction in the corporate tax rate to boost wages for employees.

A federal judge appeared to be leaning toward siding with President Trump during oral arguments Friday in a case in which Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Deputy Director Leandra English is challenging the president's ability to appoint Mick Mulvaney as acting director.

Thirty-nine credit unions will pay fines for filing 5300s after deadline, a three-fold increase over the previous quarter and the highest number of CUs to consent to penalties in over a year.

Both in dollar and transaction volume, credit card use is growing at a faster pace than debit use. Much of the growth is coming from affluent consumers who value rewards like 2% cash back on purchases.

Companies like Visa and Mastercard make decisions about security in secrecy, without enough input from banks and merchants.

Former top commercial mortgage-backed securities strategist Trevor Murray accused the Swiss lender of illegally firing him in 2012 for blowing the whistle on attempts by traders to influence his research reports.

The regulator on Thursday announced a delay in the implementation of its prepaid rule, along with safe harbor for HMDA data reporting.

Bank allegedly “seriously breached” anti-money laundering rules; mortgage agencies will be permitted to retain $3 billion capital buffer.

Analytics can customize experience for consumers and allow consumers to customize the experience for themselves, writes Matt Wilcox, senior vice president of marketing, strategy and innovation for digital banking at Fiserv.

Readers sound off on Mick Mulvaney’s plan to hire political appointees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, question what’s behind the failure of Washington Federal Bank for Savings in Chicago, react to an argument that Equifax must endure, and more.

Moments after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said it would reopen its mortgage disclosure rule, the bureau announced that the effective date for the prepaid rule would similarly be scrapped.

The famed investment bank is set to become the first major Wall Street bank to make markets in digital currencies such as bitcoin.