Univest Corp. of Pennsylvania in Souderton has agreed to buy Fox Chase Bancorp in Hatboro, Pa., for $244.3 million.

TransUnion predicts that the consumer lending market will have fully recovered by the end of next year from both the mortgage crisis and the recession that concluded more than six years ago.

Washington Federal is the latest bank to partner with a tech company in an effort to streamline online loan applications.

A coalition of consumer groups wants the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to investigate what it calls T-Mobile’s misleading advertisements and abusive debt collection practices.

Eagle Bancorp in Bethesda, Md., has added equipment leasing to its lineup of commercial banking products.

Enterprise Financial Services in Clayton, Mo., has reached an agreement to end loss-share agreements tied to the four failed banks it acquired during the financial crisis.

Bankers appear set to get their long-awaited rate rise, but the top executives of the biggest banks still have lukewarm expectations for the coming year, according to forecasts laid out by the top brass from JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, PNC and others.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Calvin Hagins warned mortgage lenders about the regulatory agency's four exam priorities for next year: loan-officer compensation, steps taken to ensure borrowers' ability to repay, compliance with "Know Before You Owe" consumer disclosures, and marketing services agreements.

Debt buyer PRA Group announced that Brad Embree was named to the 2015 Virginia Legal Elite, an annual list of top lawyers in Virginia as voted on by peers.

Small-business owners' optimism about the economy is dwindling, which casts a dark cloud over banks' lending efforts, according to a new survey conducted by Wells Fargo and Gallup.

Why a small bank like First Mid-Illinois ignored the conventional wisdom — 'Commercial banks buy property/casualty firms.' 'Private-equity will outbid you.' 'Leave the innovation to the big guys.' — and bought a retail health-insurance agency.

TransUnion Healthcare announced that its eScan healthcare service has identified more than $1 billion in insurance payments and helped hospitals recover more than $500 million in payments for unpaid medical services in the last three years.

Two recent Justice Department settlements, one with a large nonbank mortgage lender and the other with a small one, speak volumes about how much Federal Housing Administration lending has changed.

Outstanding consumer credit, a reflection of all debt besides mortgages, rose $15.98 billion or at a 5.5% annual rate in October, the Federal Reserve said Monday.

WASHINGTON — More than 442,400 consumers were affected by the Oct. 12 glitch that froze RushCard users' funds after a payment processor switch, the company told lawmakers.

An activist investor has called on the lead director of Banc of California in Irvine to disclose details about Chairman and Chief Executive Steven Sugarman's involvement in an investment fund that violated securities laws.

WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is seeking $1.85 million in fines and restitution from EOS CCA, a Norwell, Mass., debt collection firm accused of holding on to a tainted AT&T portfolio of old cellphone bills.

First Republic Bank in San Francisco has promoted Mike Selfridge to the newly created role of chief banking officer.

Scituate Federal Savings Bank in Scituate, Mass., and S-Bank in Weymouth, Mass., have merged and changed the name of the surviving institution.

Santander Consumer USA Holdings in Dallas has named Ismail "Izzy" Dawood as chief financial officer.