The Museum of American Finance delves into rarely heard personal stories behind the century-old institution in a new exhibit.

A longtime Chicago CDFI executive looks ahead to influencing job creation through a new advisory post as Treasury.

Bankers facing the futility of trying to repeal new rules have moved on to other tactics—including, in some cases, acceptance of the new oversight regime.

Even for community banks, Sterling Bank CEO Greg Seibly writes, corporate social responsibility can yield strong dividends.

Building up postitive engagement in the office? It can happen. You just need the right tools and creative thinking to get there.

Customized pages, more integrated content, transaction analytics. Banks are motivated to making corporate portals more useful than ever.

A successful prosecution of JPMorgan would throw into disarray the bank’s substantial and highly lucrative asset management business, among other disincentives for the government to pursue a criminal case.

These companies, featured on American Banker's Best Banks to Work For list, go beyond salaries and health benefits to make their employees feel valued at the office.

Personal visits from the company president, special training for those making the leap to supervisor, notes of encouragement from the boss and from staffers - the institutions on American Banker's list of the Best Banks to Work For offer up interesting examples of what companies can do to boost employee engagement at the office.

JPMorgan Chase (JPM) has agreed to pay $5.1 billion in settlements to the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, federal officials said Friday.

News of the government's $13 billion settlement with JPMorgan Chase prompted emotional arguments for and against the bank, as well as satire of all the outrage.

The stock exchange has accepted the $136 million-asset company's plan to recapitalize itself and will allow it to remain listed, OptimumBank said Friday.

Heritage Oaks Bancorp in Paso Robles, Calif., is a lesson in seizing the moment. It went on the M&A offensive just weeks after being freed from a regulatory order, is poised to become No. 2 in market share in San Luis Obispo County and sees major cost-cutting opportunities.

Highlands Bancorp (HSBK) in Vernon, N.J., has agreed to buy Secured Lending Solutions, a mortgage banking company in Glen Rock, N.J.

The payments industry is facing pressure from outside companies that are toppling many preconceptions about how payments should work. But industry veterans are fighting back, and they shared their strategies at SourceMedia's 2013 ATM, Debit & Prepaid Forum.

Philadelphia's City Council has approved a bill that lawmakers hope will lead the city into selling tax liens to private collection agencies.

The $102 billion-asset Union Bank said Friday that it plans to open two student-run branches at Crenshaw High School and Abraham Lincoln High School in partnership with the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education.

Provident Financial Services (PFS) in Iselin, N.J., reported nearly flat quarterly earnings after taking a tax charge associated with its 2003 initial public offering.

Refer credit-challenged mom-and-pops to nonbank lenders and eventually those small businesses will be viable enough to qualify for bank loans, industry experts say.

MBT Financial Corp. (MBTF) in Monroe, Mich., is planning to raise up to $20 million in a common stock offering.