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Payments fraud is the most expensive kind, at $450B; anti-financial-crime execs are the most worried about real-time payments, a survey from Nasdaq and Oliver Wyman found.

Bond traders are growing more convinced that US yields are heading lower as they bet on a series of Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts, yet the path to cheaper borrowing costs is set to be extremely bumpy.

Home buyers appear to place the highest priority on affordability, with cities in the Midwest and Northeast taking the majority of top spots on Zillow's list.

A coalition of financial trade groups issued a joint comment letter asserting that the federal bank regulators' proposed capital rule lacked justification and evidence required by the Administrative Procedure Act, threatening legal action if regulators don't delay and significantly amend the rule.

Long-term past dues and foreclosures are generally below pre-pandemic levels, but there are concerns about people underwater on their taxes and insurance.

The San Francisco-based bank warned for months that charge-offs were likely to start rising as some office-related loans went bad. It began to happen in the fourth quarter, which could be an omen for regional banks that have larger concentrations in the office sector.

The effects of rate pressure helped push the volume of premiums written in the third quarter downward, as the industry also encounters pressure from housing stakeholders looking for viable alternative products.

Stronger demand for auctions and the recent popularity of the 20-year could already be compelling the department to consider increasing the size the bank's strategists say.

The National Association of Realtors is facing multiple crises, including a recent blackmail threat that led to the resignation of its now-former president.