Investments

Several RBB Bancorp executives and directors, including CEO Alan Thian, will also sell a significant number of shares when the Los Angeles company goes public.

The former Triumph Capital Advisors doubled its business by acquiring Doral Bank's CLO assets; Dodd-Frank’s “skin in the game” regs spurred its spinoff as a vehicle of the deep-pocketed Pine Brook.

Chinese banks and insurance companies represent a new and potentially large source of capital that could crowd out U.S. banks as investors in collateralized loan obligations.

Delaware corporations will soon be able to issue shares on a blockchain. Beyond the capital markets, the move has implications for the way banks stake their claims to collateral.

Do impact investments — which are made with the intention of fostering social or environmental benefits — underperform? Those involved in the sector answer with a resounding "no."

The two companies have created a robo-adviser with financial literacy tools to help people understand the basics of investing as they assemble their first portfolio.

PayKey enables bank customers to instantly transfer money through popular social media networks and messaging apps such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and Twitter.

Bitcoin, and the blockchain system that powers it, is one of several virtual currencies and the value of one bitcoin skyrocketed more than 300 percent in the last year.

In 1981, a Louisiana banker sarcastically offered advice to a money market fund chasing deposits in his market, presaging today’s battles over nonbanks encroaching on banks' turf.

Post-crisis financial rules have made the business of project lending less profitable for commercial banks. Foreign competitors have stepped in to fill the void, but U.S. banks can carve out a niche as bond offering managers and financial advisers.