Policy & Regulation

Post-election euphoria tamped down M&A talk as bankers were hopeful that reform would justify staying independent. But there are signs bankers are getting restless.

The gulf between those at the upper ends of the wealth ladder and lower-income Americans has worsened markedly since the financial crisis, despite the trillions of subsidies that taxpayers provide for housing.

Prodigy Finance, a London-based graduate student lender, gets $240 million in new funding round; Bitcoin Cash value soars.

In times of economic stress, customers tend to flood the U.S. banking system with deposits. But the leverage ratio penalizes banks for conducting this core banking function.

Readers weigh in on the end of President Trump's business councils, what the Charlottesville, Va., clashes mean for banks, OSHA's mishandling of Wells Fargo whistleblower claims, community banks' embrace of blockchain, and more.

Regulators reached a $183.5 million deal Thursday to get debt relief to 41,000 students of the bankrupt Corinthian Colleges.

Sanger is out at Wells Fargo and so it is a crisis that gives us our first female board chair at a major U.S. bank. Women lead two major tech initiatives at JPMorgan Chase, which is also adding a fourth woman to its executive committee.

A Fed committee studying Libor’s replacement has dwelled heavily on the potential impact to the derivatives market. Loans may become a bigger part of the conversation later this year, but the panel plans to leave a lot of the specifics up to lenders.

Prudential Financial is laying the groundwork to escape the government's label that it's too big to fail, a move that would dramatically reduce federal oversight of the largest U.S. life insurer.

Payment processors and banks are being called on to cut off funds to white supremacist groups, but there are practical and legal limits to what firms can do.