As European banks move to shed businesses and write off losses, their regulators might veto any steps they fear could inflict further damage.

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DealBook: In Europe, a Conflict Over Bank Capital

The Wall Street firm also sets aside less for compensation, reflecting a decline in its net revenue for 2011.

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DealBook: Goldman’s Profit Falls but Tops Estimates

European Union countries will need to sell billions of dollars in bonds every week in 2012 to replace existing debt, and policymakers and investors are watching debt auctions for signs of weakness.

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DealBook: For Europe, Few Options in a Vicious Cycle of Debt

European Union countries will need to sell billions of dollars in bonds every week in 2012 to replace existing debt, and policymakers and investors are watching debt auctions for signs of weakness.

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DealBook: For Europe, Few Options in a Vicious Cycle of Debt

Authorities are growing more concerned about what went wrong at MF Global as they comb through some 38,000 customer accounts.

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DealBook: With MF Global Money Still Missing, Suspicions Grow

The fall of MF Global, and the discovery that hundreds of millions of dollars were missing from the firm’s customer accounts, have cast a dark cloud over Jon S. Corzine’s legacy.

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DealBook: In Corzine Comeback, Big Risks and Steep Fall

The first loss at Goldman Sachs since the financial crisis points to what could be a more lasting shift in the financial industry.

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DealBook: Goldman Loss Offers a Bad Omen for Wall Street

JPMorgan Chase kicked off the banking industry’s earnings season, reporting that profit fell 4 percent in the third quarter as a result of lingering mortgage troubles and weak investment banking results.

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DealBook: JPMorgan Profit Falls 4%, to $4.26 Billion

For a number of hedge fund managers and traders, playing chess well has been among their better career moves.

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DealBook: Good at Chess? A Hedge Fund May Want to Hire You

A 31-year-old man who works for Switzerland’s largest bank was arrested Thursday morning in London on suspicion of fraud.

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DealBook: UBS Reports $2 Billion Loss by Rogue Trader

UK banks should ring fence their retail banking divisions to protect them from riskier investment banking arms, a government-backed commission says.

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Banks face major reorganisation

After spending years as one of Wall Street’s lowest paid chief executives, Vikram S. Pandit received a $22.5 million retention package that could catapult him to the top of the list.

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DealBook: Pandit’s $22.5 Million Bonus From Citigroup

HSBC said on Monday that profit rose 58 percent in the first quarter after the quality of its loan portfolio improved.

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DealBook: HSBC Profit Up 58%

JPMorgan Chase kicked off bank earnings season on Wednesday, reporting first quarter profit of $5.6 billion, even as problems in its mortgage lending business continued to mount.

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DealBook: Quarterly Profit Surges 67% at JPMorgan

UK banks’ retail operations should be “ring-fenced” from their investment banking arms, the Independent Commission on Banking recommends.

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UK retail banks ‘need protecting’