Ben Eisen

As First Republic Bank was careening toward failure last week, some everyday investors were rushing to snap up shares on the cheap in hopes that the beleaguered lender might stag

Warren Buffett called for the leaders of First Republic Bank and other failed lenders to be punished for their actions leading up to this spring's regional banking crisis. Failing to hold chief executives and boards of directors accountable for mismanagement sends a bad message to the rest of the b

The CEOs and directors of failed banks should suffer, said the billionaire investor and longtime bank shareholder.

Shareholders claimed the bank and its past leadership were moving slower to address regulatory issues than they acknowledged publicly.

Shareholders alleged Wells Fargo and its past leadership misled them about how swiftly they were fixing systems that didn't halt opening up of fake accounts

Now for a touch of musical theater to liven up the Senate banking committee hearing on bank failures. During a [grilling of former executives at Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank](https://www.wsj/articles/former-svb-signature-bank-executives-to-face-senate-panel-727a9af7?mod=hplistapos2&

Greg Becker, Silicon Valley Bank's former CEO, suggested the compensation he received for last year was reasonable. Here is what he said during today's Senate banking committee hearing: "From the standpoint of that compensation, that's determined by the board of directors," Mr. Becker said. "And so

BEN EISEN & TEGAN HILL: Smith's United Conservative (UCP) government should be cautious in wage negotiations with provincial employees

Major Wall Street banks are signaling a weak quarter for their trading businesses. At an industry conference this week, they telegraphed that markets calmed in the second-quarter compared with the topsy-turvy markets a year ago, leading to cooldown in both fixed income and equities. **Goldman Sa

Homeowners say they are getting bills and foreclosure threats on second mortgages they thought were taken care of long ago.