Wealth management

The ongoing bull market produced more fee income, interest income and new business at the Boston custody bank, which reported a 9% gain in revenue.

Stash is the latest young fintech to pair debit and savings products with financial advice as it competes for millennial clients.

The Lafayette, La., company also reported its third-quarter earnings, which fell by more than 41% from a year earlier as it recorded several one-time charges.

The Illinois company, four months removed from its last bank acquisition, just announced the biggest purchase in its history. Alpine Bancorp. will add low-cost deposits and scale to Midland States' wealth management business.

Morgan Stanley’s net income rose 12% to $1.8 billion, or 93 cents a share, from $1.6 billion, or 81 cents, a year earlier.

Fee income also surged as the San Francisco bank reached the $100 billion mark in wealth management assets.

Banks such as Citigroup, Regions and TD have decided they need to offer mobile customers truly customized experiences. They are experimenting with different ways of doing so that come across as helpful without being intrusive.

John Flint, HSBC's current retail chief, will take the helm next February; asset manager BlackRock has added $1 trillion of assets in the past year, or more than $1.5 billion every business day.

Nearly half of black Americans who borrowed from the federal government to attend college defaulted on their student loans, according to new data from the U.S. Department of Education.

The CEO of J.P. Morgan Asset Management and American Banker’s Most Powerful Woman in Finance shares advice about dealing with tricky clients and colleagues.