Stress tests

A judge rules the accounting firm should have detected the fraud that brought down Colonial Bank; Fed deal with Goldman and Morgan Stanley shows softer side.

The bank can pay out 40% more than it is expected to earn; the German bank’s stock slide may lead to its removal from a major European bank index.

Deutsche Bank failed and Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley restrained; antitrust lawsuit brought by retailers may be near a resolution.

The president’s signature tax reform law muddled this year’s stress test results, causing several banks to incur greater-than-expected losses and spurring the Federal Reserve to constrain capital distributions at a handful of banks.

Eight states want the credit bureau to show what it’s doing to improve data security; Goldman, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo will be the focus of this set.

The recent string of positive news for the banking industry, from lower corporate taxes to less regulation, is starting to feel like a distant memory.

The S&P 500 Financials Index fell for the 12th straight day Tuesday amid concerns that the flattening yield curve will suppress banks' second-quarter profits.

Pass/fail may be replaced by public capital ratio; high court allows company to prevent merchants from favoring other cards.

The two Wall Street firms anxiously await the second round of stress test results; Commerzbank is working on using technology to generate basic research notes.

How the big banks fared in the Fed's latest round of stress testing; what's on new FDIC chair Jelena McWilliams' plate; why banks' biggest risk factor may be employees who don't speak up; and more from this week's most-read stories.