Brian Browdie

Grandbridge Real Estate Capital, a wholly owned subsidiary of BB&T (BBT), is buying Dwyer-Curlett & Co., a commercial real estate finance firm based in Los Angeles.

Visa prepaid card users can now deposit paper checks to their card accounts by taking a photo of the check with their smartphones.

Mortgage software provider Ellie Mae is adding features to its Encompass360 software platform that can streamline production of loan documents.

Independence Federal Savings Bank in Washington, D.C., has agreed to improve its practices in return for a promise by regulators to refrain from further enforcement action.

The Small Business Administration said Monday that agency-guaranteed loans to exporters rose about 1%, to $923 million, for the 12 months that ended Sept. 30. The loans supported $1.7 billion in small-business exports, according to the agency.

Fifth Third Bank in Cincinnati has added three veteran bankers to head a new unit that will focus on lending to the energy industry.

Sterling Financial in Spokane, Wash., is buying American Heritage Holdings, the holding company of Borrego Springs Bank in La Mesa, Calif., for $6.5 million in cash.

One of Chase's digital banking gurus, Paul Heller, will become Huntington's new chief technology and operations officer.

Anonymous, a group saying it's one of the organizations behind the recent cyberhacktivist attacks against banks, says it obtained 20,000 debit card details from the U.K. HSBC bank.

Regulators have announced the winning bidder for assets of failed Tennessee Commerce Bank.

Borrowing by homeowners and improving credit quality boosted third-quarter profits at BancorpSouth (BXS) of Tupelo, Miss. The $13.2 billion-asset company said late Thursday that its earnings doubled, to $23.8 million, compared with a year earlier.

Two hacktivist groups are claiming responsibility for the attack on HSBC, the latest distributed denial of service attack on a large bank.

A rein on expenses and a pickup in lending and fees propelled People's United Financial in the third quarter.

Improving conditions in the real estate market are helping Washington Federal (WAFD) in Seattle, but tight margins and other challenges lie ahead.

The regional bank is the ninth company to be hit with distributed denial of service attacks allegedly perpetrated by group affiliated with Iran.

A group of bankruptcy attorneys is warning cash-strapped borrowers against the hazards of working with companies that promise to reduce debt in exchange for a fee.

Wincor Nixdorf is joining the ranks of ATM manufacturers providing software for pre-staging transactions.

BB&T, a $179 billion-asset company in Winston-Salem, N.C., said Tuesday it plans to add roughly 1,700 jobs in back-office, administrative and support functions in Greensboro.

Cloud-based storage services store customers' bank account documents and passwords, for a fee.

Rising mortgage lending and a growing wealth management business is propelling profits at First Republic Bank (FRC) in San Francisco.