Porter Bancorp (PBIB) in Louisville, Ky., has named John Taylor as the company's permanent chief executive and as chairman of its subsidiary, PBI Bank.

Joseph Bella, the operator of several collection agencies in the Buffalo, N.Y. area, agreed to pay $165,000 in restitution and penalties in a settlement announced Thursday by New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman's office.

Tim Howard, dismissed with former CEO Franklin Raines in late 2004, claims in a new book, "The Mortgage Wars," that the GSE was quite healthy — but was the victim of vicious attacks by a banking lobbyist group and regulators.

Timothy Howard is adamant that a private-market fix will not work, though letting GSEs keep holding mortgages is too controversial to get Congressional approval

Amalgamated Bank in New York, N.Y., has appointed one of its former leaders to temporarily replace its president and chief executive.

"I would use this," Mom said, "if there was a place nearby that accepted it." Mobile adoption confronts the classic chicken-or-egg conundrum.

The operators of an Atlanta-based company have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that they crammed charges on consumers’ cell phone bills without their consent, causing more than $10 million in consumer injury.

M&T Bank (MTB) in Buffalo, N.Y., is launching a pilot program that aims to curb mortgage defaults by helping struggling homeowners find jobs.

Clifton Savings Bancorp (CSBK) in Clifton, N.J., is moving forward with a long-planned second-step conversion.

First Bank in Hamilton, N.J., raised approximately $23 million in its initial public offering, according to a Wednesday press release.

The SBA suspends fees to promote more lending below the $150,000 level.

What did one astronaut say to the other in FirstBank's new ad campaign targeting business customers?

The California-based Pan American Bank takes big pride in its microlending product for immigrants.

Christopher Whalen of Carrington Holdings on the coming evolition of the mortgage market.

Millennials are not only taking on much more debt than previous generations, but they may not ever be able to pay it off in their lifetimes, according to a first-of-its-kind study. The same study also shows that banks can do something to help, though.

One-fourth of bankers surveyed by KPMG expect to become sellers in 2014 as challenges and regulatory scrutiny rise.

When ex-Republic Bank of New York executives Joseph DePaolo and John Tamberlane were sketching out their business plan for what would become Signature Bank, they really had no intention of starting a bank at all.

Simone Lagomarsino has helped turn around a lot of banks, but she'd never seen one in such bad shape. Yet in a phenomenally short amount of time, Lagomarsino has righted the ship at Heritage Oaks Bancorp.

Though many banks have capitalized on the financial crisis, Home BancShares is a leader among that group. It scooped up seven failed banks in Florida and bought two more open, but deeply distressed, ones, a tally few can top.

He has blanketed the eastern half of the country with Wells Fargo branches, kept earnings on an upward streak for 15 straight quarters and avoided many of the pitfalls of his big bank brethren. He may never be as outspoken as his predecessor (or even counterparts like JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon), and his company may never be a perfect symbol of the small-town values he champions. But five years after the acquisition of Wachovia, Wells Fargo's chairman and CEO has fully come into his own.