Donald Trump has finally pivoted—right into a full embrace of Goldman Sachs economics. By David Dayen.

A married couple resorted to self-harm after being physically and psychologically terrorized by Bank of America over their house—until a judge fined the bank $46 million. By David Dayen.

Dirty jokes and NSFW GIFs. Snaps of unsuspecting colleagues on the trading floor. Screenshots of confidential client positions. All that -- and, on occasion, even legally dubious information -- is increasingly being trafficked over the new private lines of Wall Street: encrypted messaging services like WhatsApp and Signal. From traders to bankers and money managers, just about everyone in finance is embracing these apps as an easy, and virtually untraceable, way to circumvent compliance, get around the HR police and keep bosses in the dark.

Mr. Rockefeller was influential in foreign affairs, helped resolve New York’s fiscal crisis in the 1970s and was chairman of the Museum of Modern Art for many years. By Jonathan Kandell.

Why is a so-called populist trying to dismantle America’s most effective consumer watchdog? By Alexander Zaitchik.

“How do we contradict a president making representations about what the intelligence community has to say when the information is classified?” By Sarah D. Wire.

Irony isn’t a concept with which President Donald J. Trump is familiar… By Nomi Prins.

It’s not just about phony accounts any more. By Jeff Bukhari.

Newly released transcripts show bankers blaming unemployment on the unemployed, rather than, say, bankers. By Matt Stoller.

After getting behind their very unlikely candidate, a few financiers are salivating over the dividends. By Jessica Pressler.

Wall Street banking executives are benefiting from the financial sector's 16 percent rally following the presidential election but some strategists say the group has hit its peak. Charles Bobrinsky, vice chairman and head of investment group at Ariel Investments said he's become bearish on bank stocks and is selling his shares for the first time in six years. "It always makes you feel good when the executives are doing what you have been doing yourself," Bobrinskoy said on CNBC's "Closing Bell" Tuesday.

America’s incoming top cop on finance is literally married to industry. By Matt Taibbi.

The Wall Street lawyer Walter J. Clayton does not travel in political circles, nor is he well known in corporate America. He is the insider’s insider — a deal maker. By Leslie Picker.

Larry Kudlow argues you can trust Trump’s billionaire advisers because “wealthy folks have no need to steal.” By Bess Levin.

OneWest Bank repeatedly broke California’s foreclosure laws, according to a previously undisclosed 2013 memo from top state prosecutors. By David Dayen.

When Steven Mnuchin ran OneWest, the bank aggressively and in some cases, wrongly, foreclosed on elderly homeowners with reverse mortgages. The bank had a disproportionate share of such foreclosures. By Paul Kiel and Jesse Eisinger.

Desperate towns have turned to private equity firms to manage their waterworks. The deals bring much-needed upgrades, but can carry hefty price tags. By Danielle Ivory, Ben Protess and Griff Palmer.

Want to know why Hillary Clinton ultimately lost to Donald Trump? Look to President Obama’s first term. By Ryan Cooper. (Nov. 15, 2016)

After running against Goldman as a candidate, Donald Trump licks the boots of the world's largest investment bank. By Matt Taibbi.

Global lenders, sometimes flouting their own policies, have financed projects in Indonesia and elsewhere that destroy ecosystems and contribute to climate change. By Hiroko Tabuchi.