The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's upcoming proposal to regulate payday and other short-term lenders will be an important step for consumer protection, but advocates are wrong to think the CFPB's actions are intended to or will have a positive impact on the quality of credit products for the underserved.

The number of seriously delinquent mortgages reached its lowest level in over eight years, helped by new job creation and higher wages, according to CoreLogic.

Before banks are truly integrated into the digital landscape, they must break down data silos and implement steps to make data more accurate and actionable.

The New York company makes two- to three-year term loans of between $3,000 and $25,000. It is seeking to distinguish itself from other digital lenders by targeting young adults who have limited credit histories.

U.S. bankruptcy filings for the first quarter ended March 31 fell 5% to 195,565 compared to 205,851 in the same period last year, according to the American Bankruptcy Institute and data provided by Epiq Systems Inc.

Midland States Bancorp in Effingham, Ill., is planning to raise $120 million through an initial public offering. The $company said in a regulatory filing Monday that it has applied to list shares on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.

Data breaches have become scarily commonplace. But even small financial institutions can take action to thwart hackers and minimize losses.

The impending Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposal will limit access to payday lending but it will not enable small-dollar lending alternatives for consumers.

Commerce Union Bancshares in Brentwood, Tenn., plans to close mortgage offices in Ohio, Illinois and Kentucky and to transfer the employees to Bridgeview Bank Group in Bridgeview, Ill.

The U.K. Government is ramping up its efforts in supporting the country’s fintech industry, announcing Monday initiatives to create a fintech strategy unit and information hub for startups.

Louisiana Community Bancorp in Houma has agreed to buy Tri-Parish Bancshares in Eunice, La.

Banks are slowly warming up to the idea of open APIs, essentially tools that allow banks to easily connect with others, but BBVA's Shamir Karkal says that they will likely also push banks to modernize their core systems.

The latest version of a new accounting standard for calculating loan-loss reserves would ease the burden on small banks, ICBA officials say. However, the ABA says it still fails to eliminate the biggest problem — asking lenders to predict the future.

Boston Private Financial Holdings appointed its bank president, George Schwartz, to the newly created position of chief executive of its private banking group.

Congress should consider giving direct authority over nonbank mortgage servicers to the Federal Housing Finance Agency, according to a report released Monday by the Government Accountability Office. The report said there should be "parity" among financial regulators in the oversight of regulated entities and third parties they do business with.

A federal appeals court has set the stage for yet another legal showdown over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's structure in a major test of the bureau's authority.

It's easy to get lost in the technological complexity of "application programming interfaces," but banks need to stay focused on improving business and customer outcomes, which is the ultimate goal.

The total balance of new first mortgages originated in 2015 reached $1.82 trillion, a year-over-year increase of 42.9%, while the total number of new first mortgages originated in that same time was 7.71 million, an increase of 31.6%, according to Equifax.

A lawsuit filed by three former Hawaii Community College students last year, aimed at recovering hundreds of thousands of allegedly wrongfully collected student fees, is now set to be heard in May.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's agenda is so packed it's no wonder that when Director Richard Cordray testifies on Capitol Hill, he has to tackle a huge array of subjects. Following are areas where the agency has proposals or final rules outstanding: