Banks do more than just store money - they create money every time they issue loans. This ability to generate credit fuels ...

Bankers are becoming concerned about some borrowers' ability to repay. As a result, many are taking a harder look at the loans they make. The country’s big banks will report their latest quarterly ...

A theme that I have written about a lot around here is that US banking seems to be getting narrower. Traditionally, banks are in the business of (1) taking deposits and (2) making loans, and that is a ...

Bank deposits have been increasing for more than a year, according to the FDIC. While that could let banks make more loans, ...

Wall Street is concerned about the health of the nation’s regional banks, after a few of them wrote off bad loans to commercial customers in the last two weeks and caused investors to wonder if there ...