Profits rose at Citizens Financial in the second quarter thanks to higher-than-expected fee income and loan growth, including improvements in mortgages and auto finance as well as a continuing surge in student lending.

In markets where consumers spend a substantial amount of income on housing, it's often cheaper to rent than buy. But in these expensive markets, owning a home is more affordable.

People's United Financial in Bridgeport, Conn., has agreed to buy a New York wealth-management firm.

Morgan Stanley outlined its plans for deploying automated advice tools, with executives emphasizing that it was only a part of its digital strategy.

HUD reverses course and decides to investigate findings by Inspector General that some DPA programs don't comply with FHA rules.

F.N.B. Corp. in Pittsburgh is making a big play to enter North Carolina.

How the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau controls the release of new proposals or rules undermines the public debate over consumer regulations.

BB&T in Winston-Salem, N.C., reported higher quarterly profit that reflected loan growth and its recent acquisitions.

In an acknowledgement that many U.S. small businesses cannot qualify for a bank loan, a federal agency that assists minority-owned firms is now partnering with a pair of online lenders.

Hancock Holding in Gulfport, Miss., got a breather from oil issues that have plagued its bottom line in recent quarters.

BancorpSouth in Tupelo, Miss., reported weaker quarterly profit after boosting its loan-loss provision and recording lower fee income.

Donald Trump's decision to embrace the reinstatement of the Glass-Steagall Act is part of an effort to cast him as the champion of community banks, according to his top advisers.

Executives at several minority-owned community banks nationwide, including OneUnited Bank in Boston and Carver Federal Savings Bank in New York, say they have received a windfall of deposits in recent weeks, coinciding with the introduction of the Black Money Matters Project.

The recent rise in oil prices and a surge in loan demand helped Texas Capital Bancshares in Dallas bounce back in the second quarter.

Arbor Bancorp in Ann Arbor, Mich., has agreed to buy Birmingham Bloomfield Bancshares in Michigan.

American Express Co., the biggest U.S credit-card issuer by purchases, said second-quarter profit rose 37 percent as customers increased spending and the company booked a $1 billion gain from the sale of its Costco Wholesale Corp. portfolio.

Amalgamated Bank and Banco Popular, financial institutions with niche appeal, are rolling out national online platforms, calling into question what it means to be a community bank today.

Mortgage originators aren't lending enough to people of color or the poor in the St. Louis, Milwaukee and Minneapolis metropolitan areas, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition said.

More than two dozen Democratic senators are calling on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to strengthen its payday lending proposal, arguing that it has loopholes that can be exploited by abusive lenders.

Confusion among bankers on what real-time ACH payments are and how the transactions are processed is a major barrier to adoption in the U.S. Here's what banks need to know.