Hugh Son

Key Points U.S. and Canadian banks reported a ten-fold surge in digital scams this year as criminals flock to techniques that rely on duping customers into sending them money, according to cybersecurity firm BioCatch.

CNBC spoke to a dozen customers caught in the Synapse fintech predicament, people who are owed sums ranging from $7,000 to well over $200,000.

Key Points UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot Wednesday doing something countless other American executives routinely do: Walking unaccompanied to an investor event held by his company.

The CFPB says the rule will save American consumers $5 billion annually.

Dave, which makes money by extending loans to cash-strapped Americans, is emblematic of a larger shift that's still in its early stages, analysts say.

With Barr's resignation, a more precise image of incoming bank deregulation is forming.

The bank said profit rose 50% to $14 billion in the fourth quarter as noninterest expenses fell 7% from a year earlier.

Key Points JPMorgan Chase executives said the bank would increase share buybacks so that a mounting pile of tens of billions of dollars in excess cash doesn't grow further.

JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley easily topped estimates for the fourth quarter.