Provident Financial settled one of the regulatory probes that has hobbled the UK subprime lender since last summer, driving the shares up the most in almost 29 years.

Bill Winters paid his first dividend as chief executive officer of Standard Chartered Plc, restoring the bank to growth after a chastening four-year slump. To stand a chance of hitting his targets, he needs to redouble his efforts.

Auto lenders have tightened up on making new auto loans. In the long run a healthy auto finance industry is good for everyone, but in the short run the net effect on consumers looking for a loan is: bring money.

General Electric Co. dropped again as investors spurned Chief Executive Officer John Flannery’s latest charm offensive.

Steve Eisman, the Neuberger Berman Group fund manager who featured in Michael Lewis’s book “The Big Short,” is bullish on U.S. banks.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is the most profitable bank in U.S. history. It expects to keep that title with help from the Fed and Donald Trump.