Alan Kline

Team Capital has no plans to go public, but it is helping investors cash out by partnering with a New York broker-dealer that makes markets in illiquid stocks.

Levels climbed 30% from the prior month, though they remain well below precrisis norms. Meanwhile, the SBA reported near-record volume in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30.

Farmer Mac announced late Wednesday that its board has named Chief Financial Officer Timothy L. Buzby as its president and chief executive, effective immediately.

Brand executive, Bill McDonald, who put Capital One on the map with the "What's in Your Wallet" tagline retires.

In part three of a three-part look at how women are on the leading edge of changes in financial services, we explore the future of customer relationships.

Buying CIT, a specialty lender, would add high-yielding loans without saddling Wells Fargo with more deposits and branches.

Add Fitch Ratings to the growing chorus of banking industry voices expressing concern about the expiration of a bailout-era deposit protection program and its potential impact on small banks.

Two former loan officers at Sterling Financial in Lancaster, Pa., have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms for their role in a multi-year fraud scheme that led to massive losses at Sterling.

In a speech at American Banker's Regulatory Symposium, the FDIC board member said that the rules are too complex and won't help stave off the next crisis.

Banks have to spend money to make money and avoid overreliance on acquisitions, BB&T's CEO said in discussing plans for de novo branches and other investments.

Associated Banc-Corp (ASBC) is eyeing acquisitions of community banks, but its chief executive says it has little interest in failed banks and would only consider deals within its existing markets.

Streamlining and cross-selling initiatives are aimed at creating a simpler company that is more in touch with its customers, Thompson tells investors at Barclays conference.

Investors and analysts cheered SunTrust's decision to boost reserves for Fannie and Freddie repurchases, prompting speculation that other lenders could follow suit.

BBCN in Los Angeles was a prominent newcomer, but the bulk of Sandler O'Neill's eighth annual small-bank all-star team still hails from east of the Mississippi.

Responsible for its ubiquitous "What's in your wallet?" tagline, Bill McDonald helped establish Capital One as one of the nation's most recognizable consumer brands.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency announced Friday that it has instructed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to raise the fees they charge lenders on loan guarantees in hopes of creating more private-sector competition in the secondary loan market.

Credit union membership rose to a record 93.1 million in the second quarter even as the total number of credit unions dipped below 7,000.

Continuing its rapid growth in the Northeast, M&T Bank in Buffalo, N.Y., announced early Monday that it is buying Hudson City Bancorp in Paramus, N.J., for $3.7 billion in cash and stock.

Wall Street may have lost a lot of high-paying jobs following the economic crisis, but the New York region remains the place to be for bankers and financial executives seeking the big bucks.

BMO Harris Bank in Chicago has tapped a former SunTrust Banks (STI) executive to help steer its growth in the car-dealer lending business.