It's been a decent year for banks, especially given the industry's return on assets hit a 10-year high. But there are signs it might not last. With Halloween near, here is a look at some potentially frightening developments that could keep bankers up at night.

It's tough to be a bank director these days, as the public and elected officials hold the board responsible for misdeeds that occur on their watch. Turnover is up, and filling the seats is more of a challenge than ever.

The Dodd-Frank Act’s $50 billion threshold for determining which banks are systemically important should be scrapped and replaced with an indicator test, according to the Office of Financial Research.

While stress testing can provide valuable insight into the strength and resilience of our financial system, regulators are increasingly acknowledging shortcomings in the post-crisis regime.

The race to be the next Federal Reserve chairman is rekindling an old feud between Kevin Warsh, one of the Trump administration's finalists, and Randal Quarles, the newest Republican appointee to the Fed board, according to several people familiar with the matter.

Pence breaks tie to overturn rule prohibiting mandatory arbitration; depositors receiving higher rates in effort to retain them.

Banks are swapping out long-term holdings for short-term securities to manage interest rate risk. But in the process, they are sacrificing yield — and ammo they might need to pay more for deposits to retain customers.

Federal regulators’ 2013 guidance on leveraged lending should have been treated as a rule under the Congressional Review Act – and is now eligible for Congress to repeal, the Government Accountability Office said Thursday.

The Federal Reserve Board governor sketched out a future in which U.S. banks remain at the center of commercial transactions.

Federal regulators are moving forward with plans to finalize one of the last significant Obama-era rules governing long-term bank liquidity despite widespread expectations by banks that the proposal was all but dead.

Quarterly earnings at big five banks could have been worse; Chase to buy WePay, which helps online marketplaces and crowdfunding websites process payments.

President Trump said Tuesday that he has winnowed the number of candidates for the next Fed chair, including potentially reappointing Janet Yellen.

Under a joint order, lenders still have to document the value of properties in storm-affected regions, but they will not have to depend on appraisers.

Randal Quarles becomes the first of President Trump's nominees to be confirmed to the Fed board and the first person to become vice chair of supervision at the central bank.

Most financial institutions use outdated legacy systems that are siloed by factors such as lines of business and geography, writes Suresh Ramamurthi, chairman and CTO of CBW Bank.

The release of the September meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee minutes reinforce concerns that the central bank doesn't fully grasp the interplay between monetary policy, inflation, and unemployment.

The Treasury Department is expanding its calls for overhauling regulation of the financial services sector, this time focusing on changes to the most significant rules surrounding securitization and derivatives.

Facing persistently low loan yields, increased competition and higher regulatory costs, many community banks are at risk of becoming irrelevant unless they rethink their business models.

The $30 million acquisition has hit a snag over problems with Franklin’s commercial real estate portfolio.

The company, which is still recovering from two recent hurricanes, said it will voluntary comply with several key restrictions that were in the 2010 written agreement.