Banks do more than just store money - they create money every time they issue loans. This ability to generate credit fuels economic growth, but it also creates dangerous financial cycles that can lead ...

Bankers are becoming concerned about some borrowers' ability to repay. As a result, many are taking a harder look at the loans they make. The country’s big banks will report their latest quarterly ...

The way personal loans work is pretty simple. As a borrower, you get a certain amount of money from a lender. You agree to pay it back, with interest, over a certain period. Read Next: 5 Subtly Genius ...

Bank deposits have been increasing for more than a year, according to the FDIC. While that could let banks make more loans, many banks are being cautious.

Wall Street is concerned about the health of the nation’s regional banks, after a few of them wrote off bad loans to commercial customers in the last two weeks and caused investors to wonder if there ...

Taylor Medine is a staff writer at Forbes Advisor who demystifies complex money topics to help everyday people make more informed financial decisions. Over her nearly a decade of experience, Taylor's ...