Net interest margins are on the rise and banks have the green light to return more capital to shareholders, but commercial lending and consumer credit quality remain trouble spots.

ES Bancshares, which recently sold a branch near Poughkeepsie, plans to open second branches in the two boroughs.

Fed Gov. Jerome Powell says central bank will provide more information to banks about how it conducts annual tests; bank CTO discusses its 2018 blockchain test.

Citigroup joined B of A and JPMorgan in predicting double-digit declines for second-quarter trading revenue. The situation adds to the many revenue challenges facing banks.

The Toronto bank said increases in deposits and loans spurred a 20% rise in profit at its U.S. retail bank from a year earlier.

Royal Bank of Canada got an earnings boost from its U.S. capital markets business and its ownership of City National Bank in Los Angeles, helping to offset softer growth at home.

The FDIC's Quarterly Banking Profile was mostly good news for banks, showing higher profits and lower noncurrent loans, but loan growth remains a worry. Following are insights into bank earnings.

Bank earnings leaped to $44 billion in the first quarter, a 12.7% increase from a year earlier, but loan growth marked its first quarterly slowdown since 2013.

James Donovan cites family matters for withdrawing his name from being named Deputy Treasury Secretary; strong earnings from the Big Five may ease concerns about Canada's overheated housing market and consumer debt.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is set to release its quarterly barometer of the banking industry on May 24.

China’s internet titans are set to supply ample evidence that online spending continues to defy a slowdown in the world’s second largest economy.

Wells said slowing loan growth had hurt its aggressive efforts to lower its efficiency ratio, so it is doubling the expenses it aims to cut by 2019.

The Pasadena, Calif., firm also reported growth in the number of active prepaid cards for the first time since the second quarter of 2015. Profits rose by 24%.

Once focused mainly on growth, the New York-based small-business lender said it will lay off employees and cut other expenses in an effort to become profitable. The moves are a sign of waning patience among investors in the once-frothy sector.

The online consumer lender has struggled to bounce back from a scandal that turned its fortunes a year ago.

Square Inc. is on a roll, proving that it’s not just a niche payments player but rather an all-inclusive business management platform for small companies.

In an attempt to show it went all out to help struggling homeowners, the embattled mortgage servicer Ocwen Financial provided an unusual level of detail about foreclosures it says regulators have deemed "inappropriate."

Greig, who orchestrated FirstMerit's sale to Huntington Bancshares, joined Opus' board last month.

The company's earnings fell 20% from a year earlier, reflecting $5 million in restructuring charges and a higher loan-loss provision.

A one-time capital gain in last year’s first quarter obscured strong loan and deposit growth at BNP Paribas' U.S. subsidiary.