A number of recent deals in the state could spur more Virginia banks to buy or sell. However, big out-of-state buyers are unlikely to get involved because there are few large targets left.

Contradictory regulations, such as the CFPB's QM standards and HUD's new fair lending rules, inhibit banks’ ability to devote resources to their businesses.

Deutsche Bank reached a settlement with the city of Los Angeles to resolve a lawsuit claiming the bank acted like a "slumlord" and let foreclosed homes in low-income neighborhoods fall into disrepair.

The big five servicers technically passed the first test of their compliance with the $25 billion national mortgage settlement, but four of them failed to meet at least one requirement and the settlement's monitor received nearly 60,000 complaints.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is spending too much on top officials' salaries, travel and a planned office renovation, Republicans said during a House Financial Services subcommittee hearing on Tuesday.

Taylor Capital Group (TAYC) in Chicago has hired David Drury, a General Electric Capital executive, to head sales and capital markets for its equipment-finance unit.

Rep. Maxine Waters, the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, is asking for an investigation into claims that Bank of America purposefully delayed borrowers from entering the Home Affordable Modification Program.

Think you have time to wait to get in the M&A game? Think again, says Lynn Fuller of Heartland Financial in Iowa, who sees the next two years as the time to bulk up his multistate bank before prices soar.

Lawmakers and industry officials continue to issue warnings about the impact of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's ability-to-pay rule, despite recent efforts by the agency to amend certain provisions to assuage some industry concerns.

People's Utah Bancorp in American Fork is buying Lewiston Bancorp in Lewiston, Utah.

The OCC's third risk report cited put cybersecurity as the second biggest worry for bankers, right after struggles to maintain revenue.

Former collection agency executive Patrick Pinto pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of conspiring to commit bank bribery while he was an executive of Oxford Collection Agency, according to Deirdre M. Daly, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut.

Intervest Bancshares bid successfully for some of its own shares in a recent Treasury Department auction.

Credit card chargeoff rates declined in May, defying the usual seasonal pattern. Loan growth remains elusive.

Small-business owners are feeling more bullish about the economy than they have in three years, a new Citigroup (NYSE: C) study has found.

Chris Sawyer, an executive at Altrust Financial, says there are several factors behind the company’s decision to merge its banks.

M&T had delayed plans to buy Hudson City Bancorp because of the Federal Reserve's compliance concerns, and an order made public Tuesday details what the Buffalo, N.Y., company has to fix.

Even great bankers cannot succeed when forced to compete in a market with an influx of new banks and a shortage of skilled bankers, wise directors, and experienced regulators.

Capital One Financial (COF), the lender that agreed to pay $210 million to settle U.S. charges of deceptive marketing of credit-card products, hired the nation's top immigration official to head compliance operations.

Two collection agencies in Western New York have announced a merger. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.