BankThink

Seven credit unions have asked Michigan's banking regulator for permission to launch a trust company, a move that bankers says oversteps that industry's role of helping people of "modest means."

Catch up on a deluge of sexual harassment disclosures from banks and regulators. Brace yourself — it gets ugly, with rape and strangulation among the lowlights. Then marvel at how one fintech CEO who fell early in the #MeToo era engineered a fast comeback. Plus valuable insight on anger.

Despite some regulatory gains under the last administration, the deregulation underway by Trump officials threatens to endanger the financial system all over again.

Treasury, OCC want to make it easier to compete with banks; the two banks will sell notes and other products through a broker network.

Depending on the asset class, about 11% to 18% of earnings per share came from tax savings. The looming question is how do they top themselves in 2019 when tax rates don’t change like they did this year.