Suddenly, online lenders are struggling, or paying higher prices, to attract the institutional money that has fueled their rapid rise.

Banks are starting to use Facebook Messenger as a way to connect with customers. For now, such interactions will be limited and largely based on artificial intelligence. Down the road, the move could place Facebook deeper into the lives of its customers and could give it an entrée into financial services.

Mutual of Omaha Bank and an affiliate of PlainsCapital Bank in Dallas have partnered to sell residential mortgages.

To date, only a handful of banks have become benefit corporations, but experts believe the number could rise as regulators become more comfortable with the concept.

A lawsuit filed in New York alleges that Northern Leasing Systems, along with several affiliated companies and individuals, trapped small businesses into credit card processing equipment lease agreements and abused the court process by pursuing allegedly wrongful collection lawsuits.

The world knows JPMorgan's quarterly profits fell and that it flunked the living wills test. But underneath all that were solid first-quarter results in its core lending businesses that bode well for other banks at the start of earnings season.

Financial Institutions in Warsaw, N.Y., has offered an olive branch to resolve a proxy battle with an activist investor.

Noah Bank in in Elkins Park, Pa., has sued NOA Bank in Duluth, Ga., in a dispute between two Korean-American banks over trademarks and competitive intelligence.

Those who want to understand exactly how bitcoin is being adopted in the U.S. would do well to take a look at the tech startup Snapcard.

Retail banks must reinvent the way they charge consumers for their services at a time when institutions are struggling for profitability.

Federal appeals court judges hearing a case challenging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s single-director leadership structure appear receptive to arguments that the setup violates the Constitution.

Affirm, a three-year-old online lender that finances consumer purchases at the point of sale, has raised a $100 million in equity funding to help it boost distribution and develop new products and services.

Bank of America customers could soon interact with the bank via Facebook's Messenger app, the banking company said Tuesday.

JPMorgan Chase & Co., the biggest U.S. bank by assets, said first-quarter profit fell 6.7 percent on lower trading and investment-banking revenue and $479 million in wholesale credit costs.

Profits soared at Bank of the Ozarks in Little Rock, Ark., thanks primarily to its expanding loan portfolio.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau named six people to top staff positions Tuesday, including the head of a new office for small-business lending.

Long-term worries, short-term worries, the broader economy and more. Community bankers see lots of obstacles to earnings growth this year, according to a recent survey of 250 small-bank executives conducted by Vining Sparks.

Quicken Loans plans to appeal a recent federal labor ruling that the Detroit lender and other companies owned by Dan Gilbert violated employees' rights.

A GAO report released Monday indicates that the number of nonbank firms servicing mortgages in the U.S. is growing but the CFPB - the agency charged with protecting borrowers - does not have an accurate count of those companies.

The banking industry, in the face of prolonged challenges, is relying on professional help to improve in areas such as productivity, hiring and M&A. The hope is that being introspective now will limit the amount of costly mistakes in the future.