Brian Browdie | May 16
The Pennsylvania bank has drafted a local boy-turned-major-leaguer, Neil Walker of the Pirates, as its pitchman.
Chris Cumming | May 16
Customers Bancorp in Wyomissing, Pa., is bumping up the size of its stock sale by more than 20%
Brian Browdie | May 16
Capitol Bancorp is down three banks in the past week, but it could have been four. The company said in a regulatory filing on Wednesday that regulators attempted to seize a fourth bank on Friday, but a temporary injunction from a state court stopped it.
Jackie Stewart | May 16
Regulators let the Columbus, Ga., company acquire a failed bank — its first deal in four years — though it still owes Tarp $968 million. A surprising number of similar deals have occurred in recent years.
Kevin Wack | May 16
Director Richard Cordray sat silently at a public hearing as a room full of the industry's customers and employees argued that Americans should be allowed to make their own borrowing choices.
Eric Lindeen | May 16
Analyze data to tailor offers and draft sales pitches that customers, particularly those visiting branches, will have a hard time refusing.
Chris Cumming, Brian Browdie | May 16
Four community banks announced Troubled Asset Relief Program redemptions Wednesday. Two were in Missouri and one each in South Carolina and Virginia.
Mary Wisniewski | May 16
nCino, which sells cloud-based bank operating software, scored a new client in Square 1 Bank of Durham, N.C.
Chris Cumming | May 16
Peoples Bancorp in Marietta, Ohio, has bought three insurance agencies in Jackson, Ohio.
Chris Cumming | May 16
Commerce Bancshares in Kansas City, Mo., has struck a deal for Summit Bancshares of Tulsa that would nearly double its asset base in Oklahoma.
John H. Buhrmaster | May 16
The common-sense steps taken in the bill will help even the playing field between community banks and big financial firms.
Jeff Horwitz, Kevin Wack | May 15
Consumer advocates believe the bounties banks pay to car dealers for steering customers to high-interest loans are abusive. But with a ban likely to spark a political backlash, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is instead seeking to prove the markups are discriminatory.
Heather Landy | May 15
Since being forced out of Bank of America in 2011, Krawcheck has been talking a lot about the business case for gender diversity on boards and in top management. Now she's putting her money where her mouth is — and hopes other women will, too.
Chris Cumming | May 15
Bar Harbor Bancshares in Maine has chosen TD Bank executive Curtis Simard as its next leader.
Andy Peters | May 15
Cathay General Bancorp has agreed to acquire about $40 million of deposits and a Las Vegas branch from SWNB Bancorp, marking Cathay's entrance in the Vegas market.
