Economy

Financial regulators sought to walk a fine line Tuesday between reassuring Republican senators that they are quickly implementing regulatory relief and defending themselves against Democratic criticism that they are going too fast.

Banks’ tab to fight hackers rose 9% from last year by one measure. Investors want them to rein in tech investments, but security experts say the crooks are getting smarter and smarter.

How do you get someone like Bank of America's Anne Finucane as a mentor? Be impressive enough to get her attention and tough enough to take her constructive criticism.

Fed Vice Chairman of Supervision Randal Quarles said in written testimony that the central bank plans to move quickly to determine how to regulate banks between $100 billion and $250 billion of assets, and that it may provide also relief for banks over the $250 billion threshold.

The agency found that banks with less than $10 billion in assets were more prone than larger lenders to go beyond using standard criteria in evaluating borrowers.

Wondering who is new to the rankings of the Most Powerful Women in Banking and Finance? Here's an overview of the changes, along with a recap of the top team winners. Plus, #MeToo plays out on Capitol Hill, as Mel Watt and Brett Kavanaugh get congressional hearings, and Murphy Brown returns.

On Jun. 30, 2018. Dollars in thousands.

The data strategy at Citizens Bank takes "know your customer" to another level, as Chief Marketing Officer Beth Johnson explains.

AmeriNational Community Services plans to form an industrial bank in Nevada.

Facial recognition technology and a person-to-person payments app are just two innovations that have sprung from a workplace that fosters creative thinking and welcomes ideas from across the organization.

Copying big banks, smaller institutions are pairing with robos to meet changing mass-affluent preferences in long-term investment products.

Perseverance and commitment are two requirements to get more minority bankers into senior leadership positions.

Republicans are calling on the central bank to relieve all banks with less than $250 billion of assets from enhanced supervision that was established after the crisis.

Readers parse JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon's latest public comments, debate a California small-business lending bill, weigh the impact of open banking and more.

A big investment in data and analytics is paying off for KeyCorp, says Chief Information Officer Amy Brady.

MUFG's Enid Jean-Claude and Ranjana Clark talk about their hope for the next generation of leaders, and it reflects a distinct point of view about what it takes to get ahead.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac issued new capital requirements for private mortgage insurers that will create big swings in carriers' asset reserves.

Few small businesses in Puerto Rico applied for credit to finance recovery from hurricane damage. The reasons are instructive for financial institutions’ response to disaster recovery, the New York Fed says.

Colin Walsh, Varo Money's CEO, learned a lot from his first stab at deposit insurance. Lesson one: Work with one regulator at a time.

In our "On Life" series of videos, top banking executives from the likes of Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and U.S. Bancorp share their favorite way to get exercise.