Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc, Britain's biggest taxpayer-owned lender, apologized for a technical fault that left customers unable to access accounts and offered to compensate those who have lost money.

The demand for information is the latest gambit in Superintendent Benjamin Lawsky’s attack on the online payday lending industry.

Lingering uncertainty over affairs in Washington should prompt caution among borrowers in coming weeks, bankers say.

Carolina Premier Bank in Charlotte, N.C., is planning to swap its state charter for a national bank charter and change its name.

The Federal Reserve Board has lifted enforcement actions against Parkway Bancorp in Harwood Heights, Ill., and Peoples Inc. in Lawrence, Kan.

Anchor Bancorp Wisconsin (ABCW) returned to profitability in the third quarter, after restructuring its debt through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy and getting $175 million in new capital.

New York regulators sent subpoenas to 16 online ‘lead generation’ firms suspected of deceptively marketing illegal payday loans in the state.

VSB Bancorp (VSBN) in Staten Island, N.Y., plans to delist from the Nasdaq and stop filing reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

American Momentum Bank in Tampa, Fla., is seeking regulatory approval to move its headquarters to College Station, Texas.

Arrow Global, a Manchester, UK-based buyer of delinquent debt from credit card companies and banks, posted a healthy increase in collections and earnings in the first nine months of 2013.

Investors Bancorp (ISBC) in Short Hills, N.J., has received approval from the Federal Reserve Board to buy Roma Financial (ROMA) in Robbinsville, N.J.

BTC China, the nation's largest Bitcoin exchange, has had low-level discussions with regulators seeking recognition of the digital currency that would allow it to be used to buy goods and services in the country.

Under a rule released Tuesday, the CFPB will begin examining any nonbank servicer that handles more than one million student loan borrowers — a category that currently includes seven firms and accounts for 70% of the market.

NCR has been working to become a "hardware-enabled, software-driven business" for eight years. With its purchase of online and mobile banking vendor Digital Insight and transaction switching and fraud detection software company Alaric Systems, it's taken a big step forward.

ServisFirst Bancshares in Birmingham, Ala., has raised about $10.4 million through a private placement.

BALTIMORE — Advance Bank shareholders have approved the proposed sale of the institution to Municipal Employees CU of Baltimore, and the credit union will take control of the bank Dec. 12.

NCR Corp. has agreed to purchase Menlo, Calif.-based Digital Insight Corp. for $1.65 billion. Separately, NCR also completed a purchase of Alaric Systems in London for $84 million.

The $126 billion-asset company plans to redeem the notes, and pay about $10.3 million in unpaid dividends, on Dec. 30, it announced last week.

More than 10 months after agreeing to pay a $10 million penalty to its regulator, TCF Financial (TCB) has officially been released from an enforcement order related to its monitoring of suspicious transactions.

The National Fair Housing Alliance has accused big banks of discriminating against minorities in the upkeep of foreclosed properties and is seeking millions in settlements — mostly for itself. Behind its demands are faulty data and grants overseen by a federal official with close ties to the group.