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During a court hearing Tuesday, appellate judges expressed skepticism about a Colorado effort to cap the rates on consumer loans that out-of-state banks make to Coloradans.

The Securities and Exchange Commission kicked off rulemaking intended to make it easier for crypto firms to raise money without having to go through the full securities registration process.

Eight pleaded guilty in an $11-million scheme that changed or invented business registry records, then opened accounts as the payee at about 30 institutions.

With recent changes to tax law, non-grantor trusts have become attractive vehicles for gaining tax efficiencies, such as when making charitable contributions.

The stablecoin technology firm and about two dozen companies have joined to standardize authorization and other risk management for agentic commerce.

The aspiring neobank and buy now/pay later lender's stock plunged after it painted a less bullish forecast and announced it will need a U.S.-based finance chief to replace Niclas Neglén, who is stepping down at the beginning of the year. Chief Marketing Officer David Sandström will also end his nine-year tenure at the fintech.

After losing money on production in most quarters between 2022 and 2024, independent mortgage bankers have achieved five consecutive quarters in the black.

The march toward tokenization of assets includes a storied Wall Street firm offering its latest fund on four distributed ledgers.

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals is reviewing a challenge to Colorado's effort to exercise more power over the interest rates charged to its residents.

In a constantly changing industry, clearing and custody fees defy generalizations. The largest independent broker-dealers present financial advisors with the choice of working with a "self-clearing" firm or one that outsources those essential services.

View the exclusive research from Financial Planning's latest annual study of brokerages whose financial advisors aren't employees of the firms — and sort and compare data across the past 15 years.

The printable PDF includes rankings based on the firms' 2025 revenue as well as the number of financial advisors, compensation, total client account assets and more.

Account titling and beneficiary designations could contradict what clients write in their wills, undermining estate planning. Advisors can help keep these current.

There are two monster debtors out there — the AI industry and the U.S. government. Is the credit market big enough for the both of them?

The New York State Department of Financial Services warned banks about a security vulnerability in IT software. Now it's acknowledged some companies it oversees were affected by it.

The company's Square unit has upgraded its seller-focused credit card, adding incentives and linking to digital transfers rails. This comes as Stripe may acquire PayPal and AI developer OpenRouter.

Democratic Sens. Ruben Gallego, Ariz., and Angela Alsobrooks, Md., signed on to the bill, signaling a hardening of their position on an ethics provision in the CLARITY market structure bill.

Western Union's acquisition of International Money Express hit another roadblock on Friday when California's key regulator said it was suspending its previous approval of the deal. That suspension came the same day that New York's top supervisor and last regulatory holdout of the deal approved the purchase.

In a notice of proposed rulemaking announced Monday, the Treasury Department said it would extend GENIUS Act liability to exchanges, but raises new compliance questions for foreign-issued stablecoins.

JPMorgan Chase reportedly dropped prediction market firm Polymarket as a client over regulatory concerns last October, according to new reporting from the Financial Times.