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An advisor to non-U.S. citizens needs to consider where they are domiciled before refining a planning strategy.

Outflows, weak supply, rising interest rates, and mediocre returns are forecast for the municipal market as it prepares to ring in 2014 — in other words: more of the same.

Have you considered how much more enjoyable your own post-work years might be if you’d only take the time to mentor the next … you?

Valley National Bank in Wayne, N.J., is joining the trend toward self-service banking with a plan to upgrade the technology at most of its 204 branches over the next five years.

Huntington Bancshares in Columbus, Ohio, plans to close nine branches after its acquisition of Camco Financial in Cambridge, Ohio.

A man dressed in Kris Kringle's trademark snowy beard and red stocking cap robbed a SunTrust branch in Port Orange, Fla., on Monday.

Banks that want to expand via M&A will face a special challenge in 2014. The failed-bank market has quieted, but regulatory costs and other factors that are expected to drive open-bank M&A haven't coalesced quite yet, says bank M&A advisor Randy Dennis.

Treasuries reached the cheapest level relative to stocks in 3 1/2 years before U.S. data today projected to show durable-goods orders rebounded, bolstering the case for the Federal Reserve to further slow stimulus.

Investors paid the most in a year this month to hedge against swings in U.S. financial shares amid speculation that increased regulation and a reduction in Federal Reserve stimulus will hurt revenue.

Suggest delaying and many clients will counter that forgoing years of benefits will take a long time to make up. But it's not as long as they might think.