Guidance focuses on five key traits, including overseeing risk profiles; a former Congressional aide says agency must be accountable.

A U.S. alcohol maker's $191 million investment in Canadian cannabis could raise difficult questions for the banks that have lent big sums of money to the company.

The firm outlined a plan in September to generate $5 billion in additional revenue over the next three years, with more than 40% of that coming from lending.

New York Fed chief cautions against taking “meat cleaver” to Dodd-Frank; Stephanie Cohen, one of the highest-ranking women at the bank, will try finding new sources of revenue.

Amid the rise of online lending earlier this decade, banks were derided as being too slow to adapt. But over time it's become clear that banks hold key advantages over lending startups.

GS Bank will take the name of Goldman's nascent consumer-lending business, Marcus.

Payments company reports double-digit increases in both profit and revenue; card company faces intense competition.

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

Martin Chavez reminded analysts Tuesday that while the Wall Street firm may be new consumer lending, the executives leading the unit are all veterans of the sector.

Less than a decade after the last major banking crisis, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase are offering investors a new way to bet on the next one.