Tax

Shareholders in Subchapter S corporations will get some tax relief of their own under a new Treasury Department rule that will let them take a 20% deduction on qualified business income, which includes loan originations and sales.

Readers weigh in on calls that regulators consider the financial risks from climate change, respond to Trump administration plans to overhaul the housing finance system, consider GOP strategy on the House Financial Services Committee and more.

In venturing into what's normally a province of large banks, nbkc in Kansas City, Mo., discovered innovative tax-management and other products that it could offer to its own customers or sell to other banks.

Despite continued growth and regulatory victories, this year saw challenges on a number of fronts that could have lingering – and even negative – consequences for the industry in 2019 and beyond.

Two U.S. senators demand an investigation into the German bank over security, criminal risks; the Treasury has proposed rules to help foreign banks deal with last year’s tax law.

Loans to house flippers dropped 11% in the third quarter, indicating "possible turbulence;" the German bank may have allowed some clients to claim tax credits on stock they didn't own.

CUNA and NAFCU have asked lawmakers to include a variety of specific provisions in an update to the 2017 tax reform package.

Banks earned $62 billion in the third quarter thanks to tax reform and higher asset yields, while the Deposit Insurance Fund crossed a statutory threshold.

The Swiss banking giant has been accused of helping wealthy French clients hide assets from tax authorities.

The industry and its allies have their work cut out for them navigating the political standstill.