Banking was a tough business to thrive in over the past year. These ten executives stood out for savvy moves that enabled their companies to beat the odds.

Start the New Year right, with new ways to think about widening your bank's customer base, lowering your legal costs, mentoring your executives, maximizing tech investments and more.

The Obama administration may be looking to expand the number of borrowers who can refinance their mortgages.

In a market where banks have been massively devalued, BankUnited's CEO says executives will have to focus on creating value over the next few years to sell at attractive prices.

Wealthy Americans say growing the economy matters more in the coming year than slashing federal spending.

LNB Bancorp in Lorain, Ohio, is inching its way toward exiting the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Political squabbles on Capitol Hill and the tight presidential race put key confirmations on the backburner in 2012, but confirmed regulatory leaders will speed up progress on many fronts next year.

It is time for the FHA and its supporters to put the interest of working-class families ahead of real estate agents and other interest groups who want to expand its abusive lending practices.

Sustainable growth requires banks to increase revenue steadily. We've seen we can't achieve this just by raising prices and by charging for what used to be free.

Uncharacteristically for a bank, BankPlus decided four years ago to compete with payday lenders. Now it successfully offers a small-dollar loan product, with significantly better terms.

In courting the underbanked, even smart innovations can be tripped up by regulations.

With Buzz Points, customers earn points every time they do a signature transaction with their debit card and can redeem then for gift cards from select local and national merchants.

There's widespread commitment to spread financial literacy as a matter of economic and civil justice. But it won't be easily accomplished. Heather Landy reports.

The landscape has changed radically in the last two decades. In most states, the number of banks has fallen sharply. But some states have emerged as storehouses for the nation's lending giants.

DUNEDIN, Fla. – Achieva Credit Union has been approved to receive $127,000 in incentives to choose this city as the home of its new corporate headquarters.

Wells Fargo (WFC) has agreed to pay up to $2.5 million in attorneys' fees to settle two lawsuits that stem from its purchase of Wachovia in 2008.

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Orrstown Financial has dealt with a wave of bad news over the past two years, but CEO Thomas Quinn believes he's got the Pennsylvania company turned around. He and CFO David Boyle discuss their hard decisions and outlook.

Delanco Federal Savings Bank in New Jersey must fix asset-quality, risk management and other problems under a written agreement with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

Third Federal Savings & Loan Association of Cleveland said regulators terminated its memorandum of understanding, which had mandated an outside assessment of its management of interest-rate risk.