Stacy Cowley

Brent crude, the global benchmark for oil, rose on Monday, while the national average price of gas was $4.15 a gallon.

The rapid growth of pay-later loans raises questions about whether their popularity is driven by consumer preference or desperation.

The sprawling case, centered on students defrauded by for-profit schools, has now become the largest class-action settlement in American history.

PayPal, which owns Venmo, is the target of what one group of analysts described as a “lowball” offer from Stripe, another payment processor, and Advent, a private equity firm.

Urged on by the White House and a reduction in regulatory oversight, crypto companies and automakers are among those that have applied for banking charters.

As prices increase for gas, groceries and other staples, more and more households are borrowing to get by.

The nation’s largest bank said it earned record trading profits in the first quarter but tempered expectations overall for its business.

The new tax-sheltered savings and investment accounts will start accepting deposits this summer.

A new filing asks a federal court to allow the White House to dismiss much of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s remaining work force, but not close the bureau entirely.

Recently released data from the Education Department showed that by the end of last year, 7.7 million borrowers had defaulted on $181 billion in federal student loans.