HSBC's new head of global markets is encouraging a speak-up culture, months after his predecessor left the bank amid a misconduct claim from a junior female employee.

Chime, Chart IQ, Starling Bank and several other startups have raised millions of dollars from venture capital and private-equity firms this year. Here's what they plan to do with their haul.

Neptune Financial, an online business lender, will help the global bank reach commercial customers it was missing before and could ultimately be a $1.5 trillion opportunity, an HSBC executive says.

Dan Schulman predicts digital payments market may reach $100 trillion; the bank exiting Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Russia.

CEO Corbat says “thousands” of call center jobs may be lost; Barclays shareholder sells all stock in the bank and Deutsche’s biggest slashes its stake.

Pay for female staff at HSBC's U.K. business fell further behind male colleagues' in the last year, according to new figures from the London-based bank.

Loans to house flippers dropped 11% in the third quarter, indicating "possible turbulence;" the German bank may have allowed some clients to claim tax credits on stock they didn't own.

The move means the cap on asset growth may stay in place longer; the German bank reportedly processed 80% of the money laundered through Danske Bank.

Unlike online lenders, banks are focusing primarily on consumers with solid credit scores. But unsecured loans to prime borrowers have a limited track record, so it’s hard to predict how they’ll perform when the economy inevitably weakens.

Staffers at the bank's flagship, multilevel branch in Manhattan say wearable tech has proven ideal for discreet communication among each other to speed customer service.