West Shore Bank Corp. in Ludington, Mich., has agreed to buy West Michigan Bank & Trust in Frankfort.

Airbnb, the company that disrupted the hospitality industry as Uber did to taxis, is sidling up to the fintech space.

An Arkansas woman is alleging in a lawsuit that debt buyer PRA Group froze her bank account to try to collect $43,200 in interest on a $6,000 judgment that was less than two months old.

DBA International has elected Todd Lansky as president of the association's board of directors. He replaces Patricia Baxter, who has been a board member since 2013 before resigning this week.

FHFA Director Mel Watt acknowledged that the principal reduction program may seem "too small and too late."

Young college graduates, including those who are still paying off student loans, are more likely to buy a home than their peers who did not go to college, according to a report from Navient and Ipsos.

PacWest Bancorp in Los Angeles reported higher quarterly profit led by its acquisition of Square 1 Financial in Durham, N.C.

The hardest part of converting a thrift is establishing a "culture of high performance" and shareholder accountability, says Andrew Samuel, CEO at Sunshine Bancorp, in Plant City, Fla. Sunshine converted to a stock-owned company in July 2014.

Rather than rush its proposal to regulate short-term lenders, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should carefully weigh the consequences of potentially driving lenders out of the market.

Profits soared at First Republic Bank in San Francisco thanks to lending growth in several categories and its expansion in wealth management.

A month after introducing the Express Business Loan for its customers, Eastern Bank in Boston says it is in talks with several banks across the U.S. to license the product.

To get more Americans into the financial system, the industry must find ways to help more people get access to the Internet.

Wells Fargo, Wall Street's top oil and gas banker, said first-quarter profit fell 5.9 percent as the firm set aside more money for soured energy loans and expenses increased.

Weakness in the energy sector is weighing on PNC Financial Services Group's profits. The Pittsburgh company said early Thursday that it earned $943 million in the first quarter, a nearly 6% decline from the same period last year.

The public spat between Green Dot and one of its largest shareholders is escalating even as the shareholder raises its stake in the prepaid card company.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Credit Union Call Center Conference and Strategic Contact Inc., a consulting firm that focus on contact center technology and operations, announced a formal partnership to conduct a survey to measure the efficiency and effectiveness of CU call centers.

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.