Wealth management

While student, auto and credit card balances are at or near record levels, housing debt is shrinking, credit quality is weakening a bit and lending standards, at least in some sectors, are tightening.

Credit unions tout their readiness to assist with a variety of life stages, but a loan product for one of the most difficult potential life experiences is virtually nowhere to be found.

Barclays, BMO, Citibank, Goldman Sachs and ING contributed to the online student lender, which last year made over $1 billion in loans.

The combination of their convenient branch networks and strong digital offerings makes large, national banks tough to beat in dispensing financial guidance, consumers say.

Billionaire CEO Jamie Dimon is OK with tax hikes on the rich, as long as the revenue goes where he thinks it'll do the most good.

The French banking giant has spent months winding down its holdings in the $20 billion-asset bank.

Chemical is paying roughly $3.6 billion for the $23.5 billion-asset TCF. The combined company will be based in Detroit, Chemical's hometown, and operate under the TCF brand.

The data aggregator has purchased Abe AI and plans to use the artificial intelligence firm's technology in a host of applications.

Provident's investment adviser unit will have nearly $3 billion in assets under management after it buys Tirschwell & Loewy.

The director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has asked Congress to clarify its ability to conduct exams that ensure compliance with the Military Lending Act.