While many people think of Bitcoin as a currency, Jaron Lukasiewicz, CEO and co-founder of Coinsetter, says Bitcoin should be thought of more as a payments infrastructure, allowing quick, inexpensive funds transfer. But for Bitcoin to thrive, banks must agree with this perspective.

EverBank Financial (EVER) in Jacksonville, Fla., reported higher second-quarter earnings and said it would shut its wholesale-mortgage business.

A federal judge has found in favor of the Federal Trade Commission in its case against an online operation that illegally debited consumers’ bank accounts when they visited the defendants’ Web sites seeking payday loans.

A move by Pennsylvania lawmakers to abolish the state's savings-and-loan association charter comes as the number of thrifts nationwide continues to decline and the "S&L" name loses its former appeal.

Mortgage loans on commercial properties rose sharply in the second quarter due largely to investors' heightened interest in apartment buildings.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago entered a written agreement with the $87 million-asset lender on July 23, Fed officials said Tuesday.

Liberty Bell Bank in Marlton, N.J., said it has been victimized by a check-kiting incident, which widened its loss in the second quarter.

Lending margins on commercial and industrial loans are thin and getting thinner. To keep them profitable, community bankers must make sure to maximize other opportunities with customers and minimize costs.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – A new headquarters for Piedmont Advantage CU, the credit union for US Airways employees, will feature an atrium that looks like an air traffic-control tower and drive-thru teller lines shaped like airplane wings in celebration of the credit union’s heritage.

Western Union, the world's biggest money-transfer business, gained the most in three years after reporting second-quarter profit that exceeded analysts' estimates.

The website for Panhandle Educators FCU was breached and defaced by a hacker Sunday morning.

Price competition remains elusive in the market for loans to consumers with poor credit histories. Here's why.

Coastal Bank in Savannah, Ga., has been freed from a regulatory order.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. will pay $410 million to settle U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission allegations that the bank manipulated power markets in California and the Midwest from 2010 to 2012.

Solera National Bancorp in Lakewood, Colo., is looking for a new president and chief executive.

CenterState will pay $77 million in cash and stock for Gulfstream, which focuses on small businesses and medical practices.

Prepaid card fees have plagued otherwise successful entrepreneurs and celebrity endorsers, including Suze Orman the Kardashian Sisters and Justin Bieber. But to prepaid card users, fees have left the spotlight.

The Federal Trade Commission has moved to shut down an international network of scammers that sent millions of unwanted text messages to consumers, using the lure of “free” gift cards and electronics to entice consumers into an elaborate scheme designed to take their money and target them for illegal robocalls.

Leaders in emerging payments and virtual currency have formed a committee to establish a self-regulating body to ensure regulatory compliance as the marketplace changes.

LAKE JACKSON, Texas – TDECU is one of the first institutions to sign a Preferred Branding deal with ATM giant Cardtronics, which the company said elevates the credit union’s ATM visibility in a new way.