Iberiabank in Lafayette, La., is planning to raise at least $255 million from a common stock offering.

Piloting distributed ledger technology is important. However, banks need to temper expectations regarding the returns.

Lines are nothing new in Venezuela, where the economy is shattered. Now added to the indignities of daily life in a country desperately short on most everything except crime is the ATM hustle, as banks crack down on what customers can take out.

Opus Bank in Irvine, Calif., continues to bolster its credit ranks following a surprising third-quarter loss.

Wells Fargo is making an exception to its retirement policy for its longtime general counsel, who plans to remain with the company indefinitely to deal with the fallout of the fake-accounts scandal.

Radius Bank in Boston has bought a national equipment finance business from NewStar Financial in Boston.

Unity Bancorp in Clinton, N.J., has a deal in place to sell $15 million in common stock over time.

After more than two decades bringing underbanked consumers into the mainstream, Bryant has found a way to combat financial illiteracy that also addresses two critical business problems facing banks today: keeping branches relevant and finding new customers.

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The recent shake-up at CAN Capital could spark greater scrutiny of a sector that has drawn comparisons to the bubble-era subprime mortgage market.

First Colebrook Bancorp in Colebrook, N.H., has raised $5 million to exit the Small Business Lending Fund.

Wells Fargo has amended its bylaws to requires separate chairman and chief executive roles, the latest change in corporate policy after the bank's phony-accounts scandal.

Privatizing the government-sponsored enterprises is a priority for Treasury Secretary-designate Steven Mnuchin. Here's a look at what it will take to pull off and the potential implications for the mortgage industry of unwinding the conservatorship.

A PrivateBancorp investor is urging other shareholders to reject the Chicago company's proposed sale to CIBC in Toronto.

Citizens Bank is the latest to partner with a robo-adviser, but it plans to quickly make the digital investment advice its own.

Needham Bank in Massachusetts has hired a banking veteran as its next chief executive.

Citi's Debby Hopkins is retiring at the end of this year and Fidelity's Abigail Johnson is taking over for her father as its new chairman. Beth Mooney, Morgan Cambern, Claire Calmejane, and other execs talk about the impact fintech has had in their jobs and why technology should be embraced and not feared. Meanwhile, Citi faces a suit from a former trader over its alleged "Bro's Club" practices.

The billionaire investor will soon step down from the New Jersey company's board as he prepares to become Commerce secretary. The appointment, however, shouldn't force any changes in his firm's holdings or its investment in the banking sector.

The smallness of in-store branches used to be a liability, but with the industry's changing landscape, strategically placed "alternative branches" make more sense today.

A pair of First BanCorp's biggest investors will partially liquidate holdings in the San Juan, Puerto Rico, company.