Investments

The acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has made clear he wants to rein in the bureau’s spending, but what exactly he plans to cut is a mystery.

Ocwen Financial Corp.'s acquisition of PHH Corp. will help the nonbank servicer rebuild scale that's been diminished by years of regulatory restrictions and the decline in distressed mortgage volume brought about by improvements in the overall housing market.

While the $632 million-asset nbkc bank was the smallest known participant in the recent round of funding for Greenlight, the investment wasn't its first foray into fintech.

The retailer's foray into wealth management is a wake-up call for an industry that often overlooks female investors.

Timothy Bowler, president of the ICE Benchmark Administration, which has been responsible for calculating the index since mid-2013, argues that there is a strong case for keeping it going.

Banks may start paying special dividends now that capital levels have improved.

As they cement major partnerships, launch overseas operations and court banks and other institutional investors, top cryptocurrency exchanges now see regulatory approval as a competitive advantage.

As inflation fears put upward pressure on 10-year Treasury bonds and mortgage rates nationally, borrowers could start to take more notice of what lenders are charging them locally.

The company could use proceeds from the planned offering to add branches and make bigger loans.

Just two months after a capital infusion, First Capital Bancshares added banking veterans including John McCoy and Harvey Glick as directors in a board overhaul, changed CEOs, and decided to move its corporate headquarters to Charleston, S.C.

From giveaways to budgeting tips and more, here's how credit unions are helping members have a romantic Valentine's Day, no matter how big or small their price point.

Webster Bank’s partnership with the national broker-dealer LPL is a reversal of its initial opposition to robo-advisers. It is the latest regional bank to enter a market first claimed by the biggest banks.

Brandon Krieg, co-founder and CEO of StashInvest, shares what his company is doing to create a comfortable, "frictionless" point of entry for investing.

As the economy strengthens, more banks are facing pressure to pay up for the best lenders and tech specialists.

There could be a pause in new issuance as CLO managers wait to see if the government will appeal; longer term, the pace will pick up as the playing field is leveled for smaller managers.

A three-judge panel for the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has sided with the LSTA in its lawsuit seeking to reverse rules requiring CLO managers to hold "skin in the game" under Dodd-Frank.

Delaying the rule's effective date or refocusing it on disclosure requirements are among the options for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's acting director to ease its impact on the industry.

Overstock will offer automated investing to its millions of shoppers. Some financial advisers reacted with a shrug, but are they underestimating the move?

The private equity firms plan to sell a total of 3 million shares in the Houston company in coming weeks.

Three senators have unveiled a bill that would allow captive insurance companies to regain full membership in the Federal Home Loan Bank System.