Financials

American Jewelry and Loan Owner, and star of ‘Hardcore Pawn,’ Les Gold on why the business at pawn shops is an indicator of how the economy is doing and how they fill the short-term lending void not filled by banks.

Bank of America Corp's Merrill Lynch unit will pay $415 million and admit to wrongdoing to settle charges that it misused customer cash to generate profits and failed to safeguard their securities from creditors, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Thursday.

Bank of America Corp's Merrill Lynch unit will pay $415 million and admit to wrongdoing to settle charges that it misused customer cash to generate profits and failed to safeguard their securities from creditors, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Thursday.

In the aftermath of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, risk became a four-letter word U.S. regulators worked diligently to squash, but one man says it's a practice critical to reigniting economic growth.

In the aftermath of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, risk became a four-letter word U.S. regulators worked diligently to squash, but one man says it's a practice critical to reigniting economic growth.

If you’ve ever lost your debit card, you know the hassle of getting it replaced, but that doesn't have to be the case anymore.

Some online lenders may not allow joint applicants on personal loans. Here's why.

Some online lenders may not allow joint applicants on personal loans. Here's why.

Big banks will get a peek over the next two weeks into how federal regulators judge them and whether they are deemed safe enough to endure a severe downturn.

Big banks will get a peek over the next two weeks into how federal regulators judge them and whether they are deemed safe enough to endure a severe downturn.

Many consumers dread being turned down for a credit card.

Sanjay Valvani, a hedge fund manager at Visium Asset Management LP who was arrested last week on insider trading charges, has been found dead in an apparent suicide, the police said on Tuesday.

Our survey finds rates at their lowest in 2016, even as online lenders boost rates.

Our survey finds rates at their lowest in 2016, even as online lenders boost rates.