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Richard Ohrn, a former broker with Chase and Wells Fargo in Boca Raton, Fla., was banned last week, 12 days after staging his disappearance at sea.

As more community banks switch to a universal banker model, they are also finding that it can take a year -- or more -- to properly train those employees.

The financial industry and the White House are gearing up for a fresh battle this spring over investment advice for retirement savings.

Banks' customer-satisfaction ratings are at a 10-year high, according to a new study by J.D. Power. The research firm identified the top-rated banks in each region, and found that the postmillennial generation has a thing for the megabanks.

Consider every encounter at work and in your community an opportunity to create a positive reputation for your business.

One factor prodding firms into quick adoption of Apple Watch apps is the fear of missing out on the latest technology.

The firm has named Rebecca Gumley director of new business development with the firm's financial institution recruiting team.

Truly effective managers help propel their advisors to higher levels of success—here’s how.

David Paul Santos, a broker with Pioneer Bank in Troy, N.Y., was tricked by a hacker into wiring funds he shouldn't have—and ended up paying the price.

The wirehouse picked up the Blaustein Clancy Financial Group in New York.

Seven years after declaring a truce in a battle with large banks over tracking their insured deposits, the FDIC reopened the fight Tuesday with a new proposal that would take an even tougher stance.

Switzerland's second biggest bank beat analysts' estimates, posting a pre-tax profit of 636 million francs, about $666 million, in the first quarter.

Former Federal Reserve Board Chairman Paul Volcker proposed a massive shake-up of the U.S. financial regulatory system on Monday that would consolidate oversight into three super regulators.

Revenue from wealth and investment services dropped for the fifth consecutive quarter, swooning 10.7% to $7.9 million from $8.8 million a year ago.

But net income drops at Merrill Lynch and U.S. Trust, according to first quarter earnings.

While many banks prefer to be fast followers, RBC has a patent pending on mobile wallet technology. The goal is to secure a prominent place in customers' mobile wallets before it gets harder to do so.

J.P. Morgan Private Bank and J.P. Morgan Securities generated $1.47 billion in first-quarter revenue, up 7% year-over-year.

Richard Ohrn, a former Chase and Wells Fargo broker accused of stealing money from customers, was discovered Sunday after staging his disappearance.

President Obama's nomination of a former community banker to fill one of two vacant seats on the Federal Reserve Board is in danger of withering on the vine as a number of concerns conspire to significantly slow the process.

Mounting yet another defense of JPMorgan Chase's size and scope, Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon pointed out the fallibility of smaller banks in his annual letter to shareholders.