Banking

Several of Europe's biggest banks are reporting billion dollar losses today and yet, banks are handing out billions in bonuses and getting a lot of flack for it.

New research shows that work 100+ hours a week as an investment banker -- or a lawyer or software engineer -- can be a big hazard.

Capital One wants to link up with the Internet Bank ING Direct USA in a $9 billion deal, but it has to get approval from the Federal Reserve.

Wells Fargo and Citigroup reported earnings today, and both were doing well until October, when Europe's debt crisis started to take its toll.

America’s biggest bank announces a 23 percent drop in fourth quarter profits but still has its best year ever.

The number of bank failures in 2011 fell from the previous year, but banks are far from being out of the woods just yet.

From pesky hidden fees to the status of Dodd-Frank financial reform, from the impact of Europe's debt crisis to lending -- we look back at the year in banking.

The European Central Bank yesterday printed $640 billion worth of euros, almost the same amount of money as the TARP program used by the U.S. government during the financial crisis in 2008.

The European Central Bank initiated a plan to stop a credit crunch in Europe, and demand for cheap money has exceeded expectations.

Banks today are reeling, just a day after Standard & Poor's downgraded dozens of financial institutions all around the world -- including here in the United States.