The FDIC is collecting three-years' worth of premiums it charges to banks so that it can restore its depleted insurance fund. Mitchell Hartman reports.
The ladies of Formerly Baroque, an investment club in Northern Virginia, speak with Tess Vigeland about how they've attempted to recover from the financial losses recently endured.
Many small businesses' growth is on hold because banks aren't lending to them. Banks aren't lending because so many small business owners now have bad credit scores. How to end the stand-off? One lender may have found a way. Rob Schmitz reports.
Citigroup may have had more motivation to free itself from government debt than the pressure to keep up with other big Wall Street banks. Bill Radke talks with Marketplace's Jeremy Hobson about a quiet IRS exemption.
The owner of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange is scheduled to launch a new service today aimed at making the business of credit-default swaps more transparent. Amy Scott reports.
Citigroup has announced a deal to repay its TARP money, a move which will loosen the grip President Obama has on the bank. Bill Radke talks to Marketplace's Jeremy Hobson about where the president and Citi are at odds.
President Obama meets this morning with Wall Street bankers in an effort to encourage more lending to small businesses and consumers. But some analysts are critical that the move is just for show. Jeremy Hobson reports.
