Financial institutions

Online lender StreetShares' strategy is based on the premise that borrowers are more likely to repay when they have a genuine personal connection to the lender.

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew cast doubt Tuesday on whether recent moves by large nonbank firms to sell assets were driven by a desire to shed their regulatory label of "systemically important."

The Clearing House Association, a trade group including some of the largest U.S. banks, said in a comment letter Tuesday that the Fed’s proposed countercyclical capital buffer plan potentially violates administrative procedure laws.

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the executive branch for its views on a legal case that has sparked worry within the financial industry. That opinion is expected to have a big impact on whether the justices decide to hear Madden v. Midland Funding.

A well-known Wall Street firm is urging Citigroup to split itself in two for the benefit of investors, adding to the chorus of calls for the biggest banks to be broken up. How much of a difference will it make?

Chicago-based Avant said Monday that it has started offering to refinance car owners’ loans. The firm also plans to begin financing purchases of new and used vehicles later in 2016.

Some believe the capital markets need prudential regulation to protect the system from danger, but here's why that is a false assumption.

In a blow to community groups that had opposed the acquisition, the Federal Reserve on Monday approved the application by Goldman Sachs to acquire roughly $17 billion in online deposits from GE Capital.

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Obama administration to express its views in a case that has raised doubts about the business model used by many online lenders.

Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., is readying a package of bills, one of which could provide financial tech firms with national standards, so that they wouldn't have to comply with the various state regulations.

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said Wednesday that the raft of rules and regulations brought on by Dodd-Frank and other international agreements since the financial crisis have made the banking sector and the public safer, but she said work to make those changes apparent to the public is continuing.

The chairmen of the House and Senate banking committees appear to agree that banks that hold higher capital should get a significant break on other regulatory requirements. But the odds of enacting a bill this year remain long.

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling signaled an aggressive assault on the Dodd-Frank Act on Tuesday, outlining a bill that would allow banks to be released from some of the 2010 reform law's regulations and Basel III requirements if they hold sufficient capital.

Risk is building in nonbank companies that are closely linked with regulated institutions but that have not faced the kind of stiff rules imposed on banks since the financial crisis.

Three-fourths of House lawmakers signed a bipartisan letter that calls on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to take more steps to carve out community banks and credit unions from onerous regulations. But will it make a difference?

Since the financial crisis, there has been a consensus that bankers need to repair their corporate cultures in order to fix the reputation damage during the housing collapse. But some bankers are saying it needs to be a more coordinated effort.

Prosper Marketplace on Monday announced a three-year agreement to offer financing to consumers making improvements to their homes through the website HomeAdvisor.com.

The international panel issued a consultative document outlining suggested updates to its so-called Pillar III disclosure rules, including simple and comparable metrics for market risk, counterparty credit risk, operational risk and Total Loss Absorbing Capacity.