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CEOs at financial services companies enjoyed nifty bonuses in fiscal 2011, even as their stocks languished. Those trends typify the balancing act that companies and their boards face in setting executive compensation packages.

Mergers and acquisitions enjoyed a notable uptick in the first quarter. Now financial dealmakers are hotly debating whether it's a one-quarter wonder or the beginning of a much-heralded consolidation.

Paul Hodgson, Senior Research Associate at GMI Ratings, offers insights on Citigroup shareholders' "nay on pay" vote, the outlook for the rest of the proxy season and beyond.

Unlike Treasury's much-derided Tarp program, the FDIC's crisis-era guarantee of unsecured debt had a stabilizing effect and could serve as a model for future crises.

Twitter and Facebook audiences are tough nuts to crack, but for bankers grappling with social media the toughest challenge of all can be found at YouTube.

The debt-selling restraint of American Express and USAA may soon become the model for the credit card industry, thanks in part to increased regulatory scrutiny.