March was the third month in a row that retail investors were net buyers of individual municipal bonds, and it also was the fifth consecutive month that mom-and-pop investors sold more shares of muni mutual funds than they purchased, according to the March transparency report published by BondDesk Group LLC.

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Integra Bank Corp. of Evansville, Ind., said Tuesday that it has agreed to sell its wealth management arm to Old National Bancorp.

Rep. Gregory Meeks of New York signaled which legislative provisions Democratic leaders would accept in a bipartisan housing finance package.

American Banker won 11 journalism awards during the past week, including its first Grand Neal, the highest of the honors announced at this year's Jesse H. Neal business journalism awards.

The mortgage industry is stepping up its fight against a bill that would raise the Department of Veterans Affairs' mortgage fees to cover medical costs for Vietnam vets.

A heads-down approach is no longer viable, but that doesn't mean executives need to address everything. Clear guidelines help leaders to decide when to speak up.

In their public battles over the issue of credit union buyouts of banks, bankers and credit union executives are forgetting to ask some key questions.

There are numerous groups that would love for financial institutions to embrace their causes. But executives need to think through the potential consequences of becoming politically active.