AmericanWest Bank in Spokane, Wash., has agreed to sell five Pacific Northwest branches in separate transactions.

U.S. consumers kept paying down debt in the first quarter ended March 31, as household wealth rose higher than the pre-recession peak, the American Bankers Association reported Tuesday.

Consumer credit is showing signs of strength as Americans seek to shrug off the effects of the financial crisis, according to two sets of data released Monday.

WESTBOROUGH, Mass. – St. Mary’s CU this afternoon is holding a grand opening for a new branch it built by renovating a former Friendly’s ice cream restaurant.

JPMorgan Chase's decision to freeze much of its credit card debt collection operations ahead of regulatory actions appears to have cost it hundreds of millions of dollars.

Nasdaq has granted Broadway Financial (BYFC) in Los Angeles a six-month reprieve to raise its share price.

First Interstate BancSystem (FIBK) in Billings, Mont., has named Kevin Riley its next chief financial officer. Riley is leaving Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB) in Pittsfield, Mass., where he has been CFO since 2007.

Eastwood plans to acquire the Austin, Minn., branches of QCR's Community National Bank along with $30.8 million in loans and $36.8 million in deposits, the companies announced Monday.

Credit unions have long charged their depositors lower overdraft fees than banks, but that gap is shrinking, according to new survey data.

The $442 million-asset company began raising the capital on June 21; the campaign closed on Friday, according to a regulatory filing.

First Federal Bancshares of Arkansas (FFBH) in Harrison has agreed to buy First National Security in Hot Springs, Ark.

First South Bancorp, a privately held Tennessee company, has enough capital support to do deals without having to go public, CEO Chris Holmes says in a Q&A.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren may have a reputation as the banking industry's toughest foe, but behind the scenes she's formed a growing alliance with community banks, a widespread and politically powerful group.

The mainstream press remains an important component of the broad conversations taking place around your brand.

Citigroup's board has named two heavyweights as independent directors: James S. Turley, the CEO of Ernst & Young for the past decade, and Gary M. Reiner, a former longtime chief information officer at General Electric.

Consumers are not overly concerned with the appearance of bank branches, according to a recent survey by Synergistics Research.

Looking to help CUs bring more value to their members, Cummins Allison is giving credit unions several new options to place self-service coin machines in their branches.

At a time when many single-SEG credit unions are expanding their charters, one CU continues to see significant growth opportunity in getting a lot closer to its only sponsor.

Buried in the Corker-Warner reform bill are two provisions that would give the Federal Home Loan banks an opportunity to play a major role in the new housing finance system.

Banks are facing new challenges ranging from cyberattacks to funding needs, and many have created special posts to confront those issues. Here are some relatively new titles that have sprung up in recent years.