If Congress fails to extend the Mortgage Debt Forgiveness Relief Act, thousands of homeowners still suffering from the effects of the housing crisis could be forced to pay federal income tax on loan modifications or foreclosures.

First Mariner Bank in Baltimore has been released from a six-year-old enforcement action, after the bank filed for bankruptcy last year and was acquired by a group of Baltimore investors.

ITT Educational Services, under fire for more than a year from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, responded Thursday to comments from a former bureau official.

Citigroup said Jonathan Larsen will add oversight of U.S. consumer banking and mortgages to his role as global head of retail banking, the first major management changes announced under new consumer chief Stephen Bird.

TransUnion said on Thursday that its initial public offering was priced at $22.50 per share, meaning the company is valued at an estimated $4 billion.

If approved, Core Commercial Bank would be just the third new bank to open in the U.S. since the financial crisis.

There's been a lot of talk about futuristic branches. Here's how two CUs have already implemented their own strategies to take their networks to the next generation.

nnovation consultant Larry Keeley says banks are about to undergo some dramatic changes that will in turn change how people think of them. Here's how he sees it playing out.

In their ongoing quest to undo the most burdensome provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act, bankers invite lawmakers to spend a day in their branches.

Its credibility damaged by shoddy lending and questionable accounting, the Birmingham, Ala., company rebuilt its reputation by putting customers and communities first.

We gauge what U.S. consumers think of 32 of the largest banks in our annual Survey of Bank Reputations with the Reputation Institute. Check out our special report to learn which banks achieved an 'excellent' reputation with customers for the first time since the survey began, get a case study of the 2015 reputation leader, Regions Financial, and read a Q&A for insight into how Huntington Bancshares is gaining esteem among both customers and noncustomers.

Doing the right thing by customers — like giving them a day to replenish accounts they have overdrawn — crimps profits in the short term, but ultimately leads to higher retention rates, says David Clifton, Huntington's chief customer and marketing officer.

Rather than viewing stress tests only as a burden, bank executives are recasting them as opportunities to gain valuable insight into their loan portfolios.

Ally Bank has worked to capitalize on what other banks were doing wrong in retail ever since it launched. Now its newly departed CEO offers some advice to her fellow bankers on how they can do better.

Any company with committed leadership can deliver experiences that create value for customers, colleagues and shareholders, if they adopt these management practices, write Robert Schiff and Victor Liu.

The outspoken Jamie Dimon chides JPMorgan Chase's shareholders after proxy advisers question his power and pay, U.S. Bancorp's Richard Davis compares banks to pimply teens, and more quotes on hot topics from across the banking industry.

Enterprise risk management is an area banks are trying to master, and the appointment of a chief risk officer to oversee this effort has become common, even among community banks. We asked CROs and other experts for their perspectives on this evolving role, the skills needed to do the job well and their biggest worries.

Credit Karma in San Francisco has raised $175 million in venture capital to expand its product offerings for consumers' personal finances.

A Los Angeles-based community group has dropped its objection to the proposed sale of City National Bank to Royal Bank of Canada and now says the deal should be expedited.

Farmers National Banc in Canfield, Ohio, has agreed to buy Tri-State First Banc in East Liverpool, Ohio.