Target Corp. took two big steps to put the holiday data-breach nightmare behind it today.

With more consumers using mobile devices for banking and credit card monitoring, a subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee is examining the impact of mobile technology on consumers’ financial decisions.

HomeStreet (HMST) in Seattle has filed to sell up to $125 million in securities.

Southside Bancshares (SBSI) in Tyler, Texas, has agreed to buy OmniAmerican Bancorp (OABC) in Fort Worth, Texas.

Beverly Anderson, a veteran banker in charge of Wells Fargo's new credit card push, shares her advice for how banks can pull women and people of color into their senior executive ranks.

Wells Fargo's credit card business is slowly growing, especially among students and lower-income borrowers. But now it's about to make a play for the biggest spenders by unveiling a travel-rewards credit card.

Capital City Bank Group (CCBG) in Tallahassee, Fla., enjoyed a trifecta last quarter: it lowered expenses, income taxes and its loan-loss provision.

First Landmark Bank and Midtown Bank & Trust have agreed to a merger of equals, the second deal involving Atlanta-area banks announced on Monday.

Commerce Union Bank in Springfield, Tenn., has agreed to buy Reliant Bank in Brentwood, Tenn.

Multiple bidders are the new normal in bankruptcy auctions of banks. Case in point is Banner Corp., which anticipates at least one competing offer for Idaho Banking in Boise. Some banks are increasingly letting an initial bidder bear the preparatory expense before swooping in with a higher price.

U.S. Bank (USB) in Minneapolis has hired a president and chief executive for its bank-affiliated equipment finance company.

Linda Cox, a former comptroller of First South Bank in Spartanburg, S.C., committed suicide after being questioned by the Federal Bureau of Investigation about missing funds at the bank, the Greenville News reported on Saturday.

PETERBOROUGH, N.H. — Bank credit card growth last year outpaced credit union card growth for the first time since 2007, a figure cards experts say indicates much tougher competition is ahead for CUs, especially around rewards.

Other payments fights are grabbing more headlines, but banks are pushing hard against the Federal Trade Commission's proposed ban on the use of remotely created checks by telemarketers.

The "5/5" attempts to give consumers more certainty about what they will owe in future years, splitting the difference between traditional ARMs and the more expensive, but lower-risk, fixed-rate mortgage.

Microsoft has acknowledged a security flaw in its widely used Internet Explorer browser that could put online banking users at risk.

More than 4,800 consumers were defrauded by National Card Monitor LLC, a telemarketing operation that promised to lower consumers’ credit card interest rates for an advance fee.

If bankers want their branches to be successful, they’ll have to start thinking beyond cost-efficiency, says Paul Seibert, vice president of financial design for EHS Design.

Eastern Bank in Boston has established a new unit to develop technologies for itself and other banks and has tapped the former leaders of the tech startup PerkStreet to run it.

An Ohio county is reviewing whether to sell its delinquent properties as a bundle through a tax lien sale with the successful bidder then pursuing the debts.