Bankers and regulators may need to study the barriers of entry into banking just as seriously as the NFL and Major League Baseball consider new franchises for football and baseball.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has lifted a regulatory order that had been imposed on a unit of MetroCorp Bancshares in Houston.

JPMorgan Chase Chief Risk Officer John Hogan is returning to the bank in a new role after taking almost five months off and may decide to leave the firm altogether later this year or next, Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon told employees in a memo Thursday.

Associated Bank plans to use analytics so it can make more appropriate sales pitches and help business clients better manage their affairs.

The video produced by the influential nonprofit is meant to educate consumers – and keep the pressure on policymakers.

The Federal Reserve has taken action against one bank (Northwestern Bancorp in Traverse City, Mich.) and lifted an order on another (Saehan Bancorp in Los Angeles).

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is shedding senior officials faster than it can replace them, raising concerns that the agency will no longer be able to maintain the aggressive pace set during its nearly two years of existence.

A German court weighed in on a bank mishap that gives new meaning to the term "you snooze, you lose."

Bankers, nonprofit executives and others recently gathered to discuss how best to provide financial services to low-income and other underserved customers. Here is some of their advice about how to charge for prepaid cards and other products, how to create new ones and how to cope with increased regulatory scrutiny.

West Bancorp. recently took out a loan to buy back 8% of its common stock, while BNC Bancorp used borrowed funds to exit Tarp.

U.S. foreclosure activity increased 2% in May, even as the recovery in many local housing markets is showing gains, online marketplace RealtyTrac said.

Security State Bank has agreed to buy Security State Bank in a deal that could eliminate some brand confusion in central Iowa.

Some banks have transformed their loan portfolios with a focus on business borrowers, and made strides in profitability at the same time.

New indications that an overdraft fee crackdown is looming has added fresh urgency to bankers' quest to expand revenues. American Banker editors discuss some of the latest twists in the industry's search for ways to generate new business and cut costs.

PNC Financial Services, the second-largest U.S. regional bank, faces the same decision on its 21 percent stake in BlackRock that confronts many individual investors: sell or hold?

Citizens Bank of Kansas in Kingman has traded in its national charter for a state charter.

Urban Partnership Bank announced Thursday it would open a branch in a Wal-Mart slated for Chicago's Pullman neighborhood.

Heartland Financial USA in Dubuque, Iowa, has agreed to buy Morrill Bancshares in Merriam, Kan.

Home repossessions in the U.S. jumped 11% in May after declining for the previous five months as rising prices and limited inventory for sale across the country spurred banks to complete foreclosures.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida CU has purchased an empty Regions Bank branch in front of a Walmart store and is renovating it for its ninth branch.