Lincoln Park Savings Bank in New Jersey is now Lincoln 1st Bank.

Federal financial regulators have instructed banks to extend procedures for collecting customer identification information to certain holders of prepaid cards.

Capital Bank Financial in Charlotte, N.C., will record a first-quarter $5.5 million net loss, after it agreed to an early termination of its loss-share agreements tied to three failed banks.

Germany's solarisBank is hoping to power the next wave in fintech evolution, by allowing companies to use its banking license and APIs to build scale in their businesses.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau faces a tough balancing act as it seeks to issues a proposal to rein in high-cost payday loans. A chief concern is what will replace payday lenders if federal regulations force many of them to shut down.

A dozen banks from Arkansas to Virginia are nearing $10 billion in assets, where they will face higher compliance costs and caps on interchange fees. Mergers among those institutions could create a new class of regional bank.

Chicago-based Avant said Monday that it has started offering to refinance car owners’ loans. The firm also plans to begin financing purchases of new and used vehicles later in 2016.

Ripple, the San Francisco-based digital currency network operator, has opened a headquarters in London in a move to leverage growing demand in Europe.

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Obama administration to express its views in a case that has raised doubts about the business model used by many online lenders.

While many fintech companies are trying to disrupt banking niches, the blockchain has the greatest potential to completely transform finance the way Uber and others have done for their industries.

A red light camera company is settling a lawsuit with thousands of drivers in New Mexico. The drivers claimed the company and its collection agency hassled them non-stop after voters in the city canceled the program in 2011 and the cameras were removed.

Last year marked another strong year for the auto loan market as originations increased compared to 2014, while the mix of loans across the entire credit spectrum held for the fourth year in a row, according to Equifax.

In a move that counters Sweden's reputation as a country that encourages its citizens to not use cash in the payments network, The National Bank of Sweden is asking regulators to make access to cash a legal right.

The Federal Reserve Board has terminated enforcement actions issued in 2010 against American Bank of Baxter Springs in Kansas and CB Financial in Wilson, N.C., and issued one against Hazard Bancorp in Kentucky.

In an interview with American Banker, KeyCorp Chief Executive Beth Mooney discusses why the bank struck a $16.5 billion agreement to expand low- and moderate-income lending, and details of the negotiations involved.

The Federal Reserve Board has terminated enforcement actions issued in 2010 against American Bank of Baxter Springs in Kansas and CB Financial in Wilson, N.C., and issued an enforcement action against Hazard Bancorp in Kentucky.

As servicers downsize their loss mitigation units, housing counselors are finding the companies' designated points of contact are less experienced, making it more difficult to get packages approved for troubled borrowers.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau claimed victory Friday in resolving a long-standing lawsuit against the bankrupt Nevada debt-relief company Morgan Drexen, which preemptively sued the agency in 2013.

Granite Bank in Colebrook, N.H., has named a Minnesota community banker as its new chief executive.

A California federal judge has ordered debt relief company Morgan Drexen Inc. to pay the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau more than $173 million to resolve an August 2013 lawsuit claiming the company collected illegal upfront fees for debt settlement service and ran deceptive advertisements.