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Standard & Poor's gave an investment-grade A-minus rating to a series of bonds Detroit recently sold as part of its exit from bankruptcy.

ATM company Diebold has put together a mini-branch prototype that features artificial intelligence, voice recognition and video tellers.

Oil at $50 per barrel will almost definitely create problems for banks in oil-producing regions as well as Wall Street financial institutions that finance the sector. Analysts already forecast the price of crude will fall that low — the only other question is how long it might last.

The president's decision to bolster ties with the island nation will likely give banks relief from sanctions, as well as expanded opportunities for money transfers and the financing of U.S. exports.

JPMorgan Chase’s asset-management unit promoted Robert Stark to head of strategic relationships, replacing Lee Beck, who left for BlackRock last month.

Monterey Credit Union could be the first credit union to convert since mid-2013. Management hopes the move will allow it to make more small-business loans, while providing greater access to capital.

Lebenthal picked up an RIA that oversees $250 million in assets, as well as a team of two advisors in New York.

Optimism about business growth and a rising sense of alarm at security breaches are shaping U.S. banks' tech spending plans for 2015.

The wirehouse brought over five advisors from UBS and Citi Personal Wealth Management.

An advisor team generating $6.7 million in annual revenue has left J.P. Morgan Securities for Raymond James & Associates.

Wells Fargo Advisors recruited a veteran advisor generating more than $1 million in annual revenue.

Blue Elephant Capital Management is planning a second fund to purchase loans originated on online marketplaces, and the differences from its first fund show how hot the sector has become.

At a roundtable with federal and state regulators in Los Angeles this week, bankers offered some fresh ideas about possible regulatory relief. Here is a sampling.

We caught up with our No. 1 advisor from 10 years ago, Denise White, and talked about the twists and turns her career has taken.

Since the crisis, banks have relied on lower loan-loss provisions to make a profit. But banks actually made money in the third quarter. Here's how.

Treasuries gained, sending 10-year yields a one-month low, as jobless claims rose, business- equipment orders fell and home sales were less than forecast, raising concern about the health of the economic recovery.

Growing income inequality is said to be a major reason most consumers plan to spend the same or less than last year on holiday shopping, and it could hurt bank and credit union revenues in the fourth quarter and present them other long-term challenges.

With new bank chartering at a standstill, the FDIC has issued new guidance on de novo capital requirements and other issues in part to "demystify the application process."

Advisors thinking of resigning need to avoid the pitfalls--here's a primer on how to consciously uncouple from your employer.

Senate Democrats hammered William Dudley, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, at a highly anticipated hearing on Friday, demonstrating the growing pressure the central bank is under to take harsher actions against banks and restrict examiners from defecting to institutions after leaving service.