Two executives of the former Southern Community Financial in North Carolina claim that they were "unceremoniously fired" because they refused to surrender their severance deals before Capital Bank bought their company.

We've profiled six bankers who raise the act of connecting with their communities to an art form. They are from different institutions in different parts of the country, and each has a different story.

Capital problems at smaller banks are likely to push more of them to sell, and many of them should put their holding company through bankruptcy to facilitate deals, says Evan Tomaskovic, a partner at Carl Marks Advisory Group.

WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Monday finalized its rule to help stay-at-home partners get a credit card.

Tens of thousands of homeowners who took out mortgages with Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley will begin to receive their settlement payments this week for botched foreclosure practices.

With a federal moratorium on commercial ownership of industrial loan companies coming to an end, the question of whether retailers and other nonfinancial firms should own banks has been turned on its head in the wake of the crisis and Dodd-Frank.

The best incentive banks have to strengthen their cyber defenses? To preserve customer trust.

Frank Bisignano explains why he left his role as co-COO at JPMorgan Chase to become CEO of First Data, and what his plans are for the payments processor.

A heightened regulatory focus may be a direct result of early positioning as a business distanced from the rest of the payments industry, which may be keeping more banks from offering prepaid products.

An increase in interest income and drop in expenses lifted Old National Bancorp (ONB) in Evansville, Ind., last quarter.

Some of the most influential women in payments, with backgrounds at American Express, Fifth Third, Fiserv and other companies, share what they learned as they advanced their careers.

Porter Bancorp (PBIB) in Louisville, Ky., has picked Joseph Seiler to head commercial banking.

Building a nation of savers will keep more money in our economy, make responsible credit more accessible and improve resiliency when setbacks occur.

Former managers of Southern Community Financial have filed a lawsuit against Capital Bank Financial in Coral Gables, Fla., claiming that the companies' merger agreement violated their employment contracts.

Higher expenses offset an uptick in fees at HomeStreet Bank in the first quarter.

Zions Bancorp. in Salt Lake City is planning to raise up to $100 million through its online broker-dealer subsidiary.

Residents of this city's troubled west side finally have access to mainstream financial services, thanks to a unique partnership between a credit union and a church.

After years of borrowing branch design ideas from retailers, one expert is advising credit unions to think like web designers.

Looking to change your members' behavior? One person says it starts with the branch-but the branch can only take you so far.

If there's one design element Andrea Simler-DeGolier recommends CUs stay away from, it's posters.