Retail & Commercial

Sales of existing homes edged up slightly in September in a sign the housing market continues to recover slowly.

Experts believe more Tarp participants will fail as the economy plods along, and that investors should keep this in mind when bidding on auctions of the Treasury's Tarp holdings.

The Uniform Law Commission's commercial code excludes debit cards, which is problematic since courts tend to reject class-action challenges that conflict with it.

A slew of proposed rules and policy changes is threatening to upend the nascent housing market rebound. The rules include everything from Basel capital standards to "qualified mortgage" rules to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac guarantee fees.

Retiring Visa CEO Joseph Saunders and his successor, JPMorgan's Charlie Scharf, spoke with American Banker about the challenges facing the card network, the changing payments industry, mounting regulations and the importance of an orderly leadership transition.

Zillow, the online real estate company, said Thursday it has added information on 1.8 million pre-foreclosure and foreclosed homes to its site.

About $1.4 trillion of deposits are covered by federal insurance due to lapse in two months. How corporations have handled their cash over the last few years provides a guide to what might happen to the money.

The technology that lets a user deposit checks by taking photos of them with his smartphone is being applied to mortgage documents, though with some limits.

An employee of Mercantile Bank in Grand Rapids, Mich., showed a crowd of eager pupils how to get in touch with their inner-zombies at an event teaching the steps from Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video.

As Isis launched its long-awaited mobile wallet test in Salt Lake City and Austin, Texas, many people flocked to try it out — and quickly reported their impressions over Twitter.