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Capital One and American Express stocks decline after President Donald Trump calls for a cap of 10% on credit-card interest rates.

While it isn’t clear how Trump may enact his plan, the stocks were getting hit badly Monday.

Airlines make billions of dollars in revenue each year from co-branded credit cards.

The dollar falls the most in three weeks as the U.S. Justice Department probes Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and the refurbishment of the central bank’s headquarters in Washington.

Why a new Fed might not please the president, bank earnings expectations are rising, low-cost airlines merge in $1.5 billion deal, and more news to start your day.

The major banks will kick off fourth-quarter earnings season this week, and the economic data highlight of the week will be the consumer price index for December.

We’ll also see earnings from Goldman Sachs, PNC, and Delta. The consumer price index will be the big economic data release of the week.

JPMorgan Chase is set to release fourth-quarter earnings on Tuesday, followed by Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Citigroup the next day.

The market’s solid early gains will be tested next week. But investors are feeling optimistic

A Deutsche Bank analyst said if the loan issues can be resolved, it would be a credit positive for Flagstar.

The deal ends a failed experiment in consumer lending for Goldman Sachs, which launched a card with Apple in 2019.

The bank’s asset-management unit will ditch proxy advisors and use an internal AI tool to help with shareholder votes.

A steeper yield curve and strong deal activity are lifting bank stocks ahead of JPMorgan’s earnings, with analysts expecting financials to drive a fifth of S&P 500 profits.

The company moved to register two funds tied to the price of Bitcoin and Solana.

Chevron, the last oil major still operating in Venezuela, surges following the U.S. capture of President Nicolás Maduro.

Analysts also report on Nvidia, Aflac, Genius Sports, Adeia, and PennyMac Financial Services.

With a 58% gain, CVS Health had its best year since 1982—and it wasn’t the only strong performer.

With stock prices near record levels, the easy ride they’ve enjoyed will be a lot tougher in 2026. Any slight disappointment is bound to cause prices to drop and volatility to spike.

Concerns about its exposure to First Brands’ bankruptcy sunk its stock, but the bank should continue to rebound after it reports earnings this month.

The future bank executives expected isn’t coming to pass, Emir Phillips writes in a guest commentary.

The entire financial system would be more stable from more innovation and less regulation, Karen Petrou writes in a guest commentary.

One in six new clients are Gen Z, Rick Wurster tells At Barron’s Andy Serwer in an interview.

Banks need to practice discipline on their own, Aaron Klein and Jill Castilla write in a guest commentary.

The CEO of bankrupt car dealer Tricolor Holdings was charged in an alleged scheme to defraud banks and other investors.