Many institutions have delayed planning for a big change to reserve accounting despite a belief that they should start testing systems and methodologies next year.

Barclays and the Justice Department, engaged in a legal battle over the suspected fraudulent sale of mortgage securities a decade ago, have revived discussions about reaching an out-of-court settlement, according to people with knowledge of the situation.

The term "shadow banking" is a pejorative, implying insufficient regulatory oversight, said Treasury in a report issued Thursday on asset management.

Quarterly results at the Santa Clara, Calif., company got a boost from stronger lending to venture capital and private-equity firms.

The Dodd-Frank Act’s $50 billion threshold for determining which banks are systemically important should be scrapped and replaced with an indicator test, according to the Office of Financial Research.