SBT said Monday that Richard Sudol will succeed Anthony Bisceglio, who is retiring from the $382 million-asset company.

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network will continue discussions with the Bitcoin community after meeting with the Bitcoin Foundation and a host of regulators and law enforcement officers in Washington D.C. today.

The longtime chief operating officer at Bank of the Ozarks (OZRK) in Little Rock, Ark., is retiring.

WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau named new senior staff in four different divisions Monday.

U.S. Century Bank in Doral, Fla., has gained a pair of new investors and lost two others in the latest chapter of the struggling bank's $50 million recapitalization plan.

Michael Coyne, co-head of litigation for JPMorgan Chase, will become general counsel at Union Bank. He is the latest senior executive to depart JPMorgan as its legal and regulatory troubles mount.

The company, which lost millions of dollars after straying from core banking, has returned to its roots as a traditional banking around Philadelphia.

A Bitcoin trade group will meet today with the U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and an array of law-enforcement officials and regulators to discuss oversight of the digital currency.

The housing industry is stepping up behind-the-scenes lobbying to alter the housing finance bill sponsored by Rep. Jeb Hensarling and perhaps kill the legislation entirely.

A Bitcoin trade group will meet today with the U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and an array of law-enforcement officials and regulators to discuss oversight of the digital currency.

Community Bank Shares in New Albany, Ind., has lowered its cost estimates for integrating First Federal Bank in Lexington, Ky.

Western Sky Financial, an online loan company based on the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota, cites "unprecedented government interference" as the reason for laying off the majority of its employees.

Microsoft Corp.'s Microsoft Points, a virtual currency used to buy games and other digital media on its Xbox consoles, is being eliminated today.

Sun Bancorp (SNBC) in Vineland, N.J., has hired a veteran banking executive to become its chief credit officer.

Free checking accounts may be on the wane, but a majority of Americans still pay no monthly service fees, according to a survey from the American Bankers Association.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray has had a very busy few years at the helm of the nation's newest bank regulator. His tenure has involved creating a bureau almost from scratch and contending with a wide range of highly contentious policy issues-none more controversial than his own status, which was changed from acting to permanent CFPB director following a July Senate confirmation vote in which he garnered a two-thirds majority. Following are quotes from an interview Cordray conducted recently with American Banker Washington reporter Rachel Witkowski.

A pair of Oregon banks are facing charges in a civil lawsuit brought by victims of an alleged Ponzi scheme.

David Dove is the new group president of enterprise growth at the ATM operator Cardtronics, which is also launching a new Enterprise Growth Group.

Consumers deserve the kinds of high quality, widely accessible savings, credit and payments products and experiences that are critical ingredients in the recipe for financial health.

Tradehill Inc., an exchange for virtual currencies such as Bitcoin, is moving customer accounts to a U.S. credit union, a shift designed to make it easier for clients to complete transactions.