House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling is trying to stop $80 million in payments given to borrowers as part of a controversial auto loan discrimination settlement with Ally Financial until regulators verify the checks were actually given to minorities.

Ocwen Financial Corp. will pay $2 million to settle charges that it misstated its financial results in valuing complex mortgage assets, said the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Debt-buying giant PRA Group Inc.'s stock fell Wednesday to a 52-week low. After opening at $27.60, PRA Group dropped to $26.75. By the closing bell, the company's stock was at $27.72 a share for a loss of 0.89%.

Texas Capital Bancshares in Dallas reported lower quarterly profit that largely reflected an increased provision for energy loan losses.

WestStar Bank in El Paso, Texas, has new leadership after the retirement of Larry Patton, its president and chief executive.

The San Francisco bank's cross-selling ratio has begun to sputter, raising questions about whether its aggressive sales approach is starting to chase off too many customers. The problem is more than Wells Fargo's, too, since so many banks have sought to imitate its strategy for selling each customer multiple products.

The House Financial Services Committee argues that the CFPB ignored a Justice Department request to narrow the list of potential consumers harmed in the Ally case, purposely casting a wider net for political purposes.

United Community Banks in Blairsville, Ga., reported little change in its fourth-quarter profit, as costs from its acquisition of Palmetto Bancshares ate into lending revenue and fee income.

LendUp, which makes subprime consumer loans online and over mobile phones, announced Wednesday that it has raised $50 million in equity funding, plus an additional $100 million in debt financing.

Union Bank & Trust Co. in Nebraska was an early supporter of Apple Pay. With that platform sputtering, the bank is now looking at additional ways to stay ahead of the mobile-wallet curve.

Anthony Weagley is combining a new emphasis on wealth management with Malvern's reputation as a small-town community bank to bolster the Pennsylvania company's financial performance.

Pinnacle Financial Partners in Nashville, Tenn., has agreed to buy a bigger stake in Bankers Healthcare Group in Southwest Ranches, Fla.

CEO James Gorman says the firm can achieve higher profit margins for the wealth management unit through greater expense discipline, additional growth of its lending business and unspecified digital opportunities.

Unfavorable equity markets and lower transaction volumes led Northern Trust Corp. to report a 2% drop in fourth-quarter profit.

BlueVine, a Palo Alto, Calif., firm that is aiming to modernize the invoice-financing business, announced a new fundraising round on Wednesday.

In 34 years at American Express Co., Ken Chenault has helped reinvent the credit-card company more than once. But his latest push into new frontiers is faltering behind the scenes.

The Current Expected Loss Credit model will help to quantify bankers' intuition and can be built with readily available data.

JPMorgan Chase will provide $75 million for the creation of a career and technical education program to address youth unemployment.

Fulton Financial in Lancaster, Pa., reported a slight increase in its fourth-quarter profit as strong fee-income growth helped to offset a decline in its net interest margin.

Brad Elbein, a former director of two Federal Trade Commission regional offices, has joined Barron & Newburger, P.C. as Managing Attorney of the firm's new Atlanta office.