Experts have long counseled against using financial planners who charge commissions, given their incentive to simply sell products that pad their paychecks.

Two top economists worry that Washington is wasting the financial crisis, squandering a chance to prevent a repeat of Wall Street's 2008 meltdown.

The Federal Reserve, still dusting itself off from a fight that threatened to trim its powers, could emerge from a congressional overhaul of banking rules as the top cop over the nation's largest financial institutions.

Senate Democrats and Republicans are trying to work out differences over how to overhaul financial regulations following the financial crisis. One of the big sticking points is the proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency. Democrats, including President Obama, want a separate and independent agency. Republicans want it to be part of an existing agency but Democrats say that's been tried and ...

March 11 (Bloomberg) -- About 100 firefighters, 20 fire engines and other vehicles are still tackling a fire at a building housing offices and a restaurant on Tabernacle Street in London’s financial district.

March 11 (Bloomberg) -- About 100 firefighters and 20 fire engines are still tackling a fire at a four-floor building housing offices and a restaurant on Tabernacle Street in London’s financial district.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Tuesday said the Obama administration's strategy to halt recession and contain the financial crisis has been effective, but vowed to continue stabilization efforts.

While financial-services workers in the West are still reeling from the aftermath of the global economic crisis, Hong Kong's finance sector is desperately looking for personnel at all levels.