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Future banking will feel more like a medical relationship, serving customers with the intimacy and attention of the family doctor. This will require a Hippocratic-oath level of trust.

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Citi Earnings: Citigroup profit rose 42% in the second quarter, due, in part, to cost-cutting and growth in emerging markets. Wall Street Journal, New York Times, American Banker Receiving Wide Coverage ...

JPM, Wells Earnings Post-Script: Second-quarter earnings for JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo looked pretty good, but earnings season has been marred by interest-rate worries, particularly among bank execs. Still, the Journal's Heard on the Street column argues that big banks like...

Inconsistent calculations and disclosures usually make it impossible for investors to distinguish differences in credit risk from differences in measurement practices when comparing banks.

While the Federal Reserve’s exclusion of trust-preferred stock from Tier 1 capital is understandable, an analysis shows cumulative preferred stock can absorb losses at times of distress.

The bill may be a bridge between the advocates of a purely private market and those who favor some role for the federal government in housing.