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Market professionals and day traders are rattled and waiting for the exchange to elaborate on what it publicly called a "manual error" involving its "disaster recovery configuration."

The New York Stock Exchange said a manual error caused wild price swings and trading halts for hundreds of company stocks when the market opened Tuesday.

A wave of sell orders targeting financial services stocks swept across American equity exchanges at the open of trading Tuesday, sending companies including Wells Fargo and Morgan Stanley to brief but sharp plunges from which they mostly quickly recovered.

Across the U.S. financial industry, a pattern is emerging of small lenders plowing into crypto and a variety of other hot niches, sending their stocks soaring and eventually crashing.

Bank of Montreal, which is working to close the largest acquisition in its history, is selling C$3.15 billion ($2.31 billion) in equity to make sure it can meet Canadian regulators' recently increased capital requirements.

The bank was worth more than $365 billion by Thursday's close of New York trading, overshadowing the social media giant once valued at more than $1 trillion.

Bank of Nova Scotia shares are on pace for their worst year since 2008 as analysts warn of weakness in the Canadian lender's international business and uncertainty about the shake-up in its leadership.

The House passed the legislative package, which includes an excise tax on stock buybacks, in a 220-207 vote.

By taking the manual labor out of data management and upkeep, experts can reach new clients and better serve their existing ones.

"It's probably the only asset class where maybe the client knows more than the advisor right now," Maxwell Lane, head of product for Flourish, said at Financial Planning's Invest conference.

Canadian banks fell more than 20% from their record high set in early February as recession fears send investors fleeing.

The combination of higher inflation and higher rates has caught up with bank stocks, now on course for their their worst monthly performance in more than two years.

The U.S. is poised for recession most likely in 2023 and bank stocks are expected to fall behind the broader market, according to 525 respondents to the Markets Live weekly survey.

Jamie Dimon just received $56 million of JPMorgan Chase's stock, before taxes, from an incentive program the bank valued at less than half that much just three years ago.

Pay for the leaders of Canada’s five largest banks rose an average of 28% as the lenders’ earnings increased and shares gained.

The Goldman Sachs Partner Family Office, led by Lisa Opoku, will offer Goldman executives and alums the same suite of wealth management services provided to clients.

Wells Fargo’s stock took off last year amid signs that Charlie Scharf is making progress in his efforts to turn the lender around.

U.S. bank stocks are headed for their worst losing streak in a year, burning investors who bought shares on expectations that the Federal Reserve raising rates for the first time since 2018 would boost the sector.

Rising inflation could lead to a rate hike, bolstering lenders' profits in 2022. Improved credit quality and an economic rebound are also fueling investment in the sector.

Peoples Bank in Arkansas once used brokered deposits to fund more loans to underserved borrowers. It could do so again if Congress loosens restrictions, says CEO Mary Fowler.