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Earnings: New York Community Bancorp, Fulton Financial, BankUnited Receiving Wide Coverage ...

Breaking It Off: It has been a nice, decade-long relationship between JPMorgan Chase and Highbridge Capital Management, but the private-equity business is basically saying it's time to move on. And even JPMorgan officials agree it is time to see other people, so to speak. Reports in two major dailies said Jamie Dimon & Co. is close to finalizing a deal that...

While migration to cards with chip technology should help mitigate card fraud, additional steps by retailers and more layers of security are needed.

Presidential candidates shouldnÂ't rely on crowd-pleasing gimmicks or trick plays to reform the banking system, but the execution of the basics. This means focusing on the time-tested risk-return tradeoff and restructuring our existing deposit insurance system to be truly risk based.

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Earnings: Fifth Third, Regions, Synovus, Signature, Bank of New York Mellon Receiving Wide Coverage ...

Morgan Stanley's Miss: The investment bank's third-quarter results fell far short of analyst expectations, owing to steep declines in its trading and private equity businesses. The firm warned trading won't recover soon, given macroeconomic headwinds from China, the Fed, and the commodities markets. The Washington Post notes "the effect of the trading decline on the bank's bottom line...