The prosecution of former House Speaker Dennis Hastert illustrates why it makes sense to require bankers to share suspicions with the authorities.

With consumers generally averse to risk, financial institutions have an opportunity to rethink what it means to make bets in line with their customers' well-being.

Central Valley Community Bancorp in Fresno, Calif., has agreed to buy the $156 million-asset Sierra Vista Bank in Folsom, Calif., for $24 million, or $5.22 a share, in cash and stock.

While it is true that more consumers complain to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau about their mortgages, the data still reinforces the idea that overdraft fees are more high-cost credit than protection.

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PayPal Holdings Inc. said federal regulators are investigating the company's Venmo free peer-to-peer payment service in connection with potential unfair trade practices.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will propose changes in late July to its mortgage disclosure rule to provide "greater certainty and clarity" to the mortgage industry.

KeyCorp will sell 18 branches as part of an agreement with the Justice Department and the Federal Reserve Board to complete its purchase of First Niagara Financial Group.

Green Bancorp in Houston says it has developed a strategic plan to eliminate its energy loan exposure.

The American Bankers Association is laying the legal basis for a lawsuit to challenge Congress' decision to cut dividend payments made by the Federal Reserve to its member banks.

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Bank of New York Mellon and Northern Trust are charging money market investors more fees after previously cutting them major breaks in the low-rate environment.

Higher noninterest income was instrumental in a 3.9% quarter-to-quarter profit increase at Capitol Federal Financial in Topeka, Kan., in the three months that ended March 31.

No one at Old Fort Banking could afford to buy the large stake being sold by the Ohio bank's majority shareholder. So the employee stock ownership plan stepped in, and now it plans to take full control of Old Fort's holding company.

Fifth Third Bancorp is turning to a veteran of the consumer goods industry to help shape its approach to innovation.

Success rates vary wildly for innovation labs, but some basic principles increase a bank’s chances of the incubation process leading to viable product expansion.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday unveiled new disclosures for federal student loans that would require servicers to offer borrowers several repayment choices.

The latest U.S. Economy in a Snapshot report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reveals consumer spending increased slightly in February.

Royal Credit Union in Eau Claire, Wis., has agreed to buy Capital Bank in St. Paul, Minn., from First Sleepy Eye Bancorp in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Innovation in financial services faces a hurdle in the narrow, short-term profit motives of predatory patent trolls. Here is what startups can do to ward off attacks.