Think a Wall Street executive could win a goat-milking contest or be the ringman at a livestock auction? No chance, but they could learn from these small-town bankers in Indiana and Colorado.

Falling property prices in the city triggered $1 billion of bad loans as buyers abandoned homes and stopped making mortgage payments, according to the country's Economy & Nation Weekly.

Joseph Stilwell, an activist investor who has targeted community banks, has been ordered to appear in federal court in New York in connection to a subpoena request for an investigation into potential securities fraud.

WASHINGTON — A group of retail trade associations and large retailers wants the Supreme Court to review the Federal Reserve Board's recent cap on debit card swipe fees that merchants say is higher than the fee limit envisioned in the Dodd-Frank Act.

Executives at Tangerine and Moven are dousing themselves with ice water to raise awareness for Lou Gehrig's disease, and posting their videos on Facebook.

Preferred Bank in Los Angeles has recovered a large chunk of a loan it had given up on. The $1.9 billion-asset company said a $5.6 million loan that had been put in nonaccrual status was paid off Friday.

Highlands Bankshares in Abingdon, Va., has elected a new chairman and president.

The industry is objecting to a recent Consumer Financial Protection Bureau blog post that calls into question the transparency of agreements between colleges and financial institutions that offer student products.

Second liens were the toughest nonperforming home loan asset to find a buyer for in the secondary market. Now, there are some aggressive buyers, but many holders of these assets -- especially banks -- are reluctant to sell.

The Financial Services Roundtable is accusing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau of potentially spreading misinformation through the bureau's consumer complaint database.

AB Acquisition LLC, an Idaho-based company that owns and operates several supermarket chains, reported confirmed that customers' credit and debit card data may have been compromised in a data breach.

Pathfinder Bancorp in Oswego, N.Y., could raise nearly $27 million through a second-step conversion.

The Connecticut company was an early adopter of branch modernization, starting an effort four years ago that has led to the closure of underperforming locations, enhanced digital offerings and use of universal bankers.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency banned banks and mortgage servicers from accepting commissions on force-placed insurance policies issued by affiliated companies. At least one mortgage servicer, Ocwen Financial, has found a way around the ban.

First Interstate BancSystem, in Billings, Mont., will appeal a Montana state court jury's verdict that the company pay about $17 million in compensatory and punitive damages from a dispute with a former customer.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP was fined $25 million after sanitizing a report to regulators on sanctions and money-laundering controls for Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd., New York’s top bank regulator said Monday.

Americans are spending more in 2014 compared to a year ago, apparently driven by Baby Boomers - although that generation is not necessarily spending for the things they want, according to a recent Gallup poll.

Jesse Powell knew Mt. Gox was not long for this world more than two years before the once-dominant bitcoin exchange went bankrupt in February. Powell founded a competitor, Kraken, which is now in talks to offer services in Japan