BB&T (BBT) has created a new south Texas region and named a longtime employee as its president.

The Washington Business Hall of Fame recently inducted Eagle Bancorp CEO Ron Paul, and the World Affairs Council of San Antonio will fete Cullen/Frost CEO Dick Evans as its citizen of the year for 2013.

The House passed a bill by voice vote Wednesday that would exempt banks from sending out privacy notices to customers if the disclosures haven't changed from the prior year.

If U.S. banks can decrease costs in routine transactions, they will be able to serve mass segments more profitably and invest disproportionately in high-margin services for the affluent.

The good cop-bad cop routine works in bank M&A, says Prosperity CEO David Zalman, who misses his "good guy" Dan Rollins, who left for BancorpSouth.

Six Federal Home Loan banks have dramatically increased home loan purchases from their members and are selling the loans to Fannie Mae, filling the gap created when large aggregators like Bank of America exited the correspondent business.

The government's recent efforts to stimulate the economy are driving up prices for MBS, creating the potential of interest rate risk for banks that are struggling to make loans.

Outspoken CEO, undeterred by recent setbacks, defends the industry's right to confront Washington, denies 'whale' losses prompted exec shuffle, dismisses chatter that he's headed to Treasury.

The prospects for a bill that would extend a program that provides a federal guarantee for certain business deposits are rapidly fading as Republicans prepare to offer a point of order designed to kill the measure.

Tax incentives and penalties drive behavior regardless of whether or not they represent sound economic reality. And banks will be asked to provide lending and investment support accordingly.

Visa announced Wednesday that John Partridge will retire as the company's president at the end of March.

The chief operations officer at First Advantage Bancorp (FABK) in Clarksville, Tenn., will moonlight at the bank for the foreseeable future.

An Ohio bank's decision to balk at paying dividends to a private investor in its Troubled Asset Relief Program shares may reduce investor interest in future offerings. That could be bad news for the government in its bid to turn a buck on upcoming share sales.

The banking unit of FS Bancorp (FSBW) in Mountlake Terrace, Wash., has promoted two executives in an effort to strengthen oversight of credit operations.

While some may suggest the practice is warranted so agency attorneys can address deficiencies hurting consumers, ultimately everyone loses when opportunities for frank discussion are lost.

The $352 billion-asset company said late Tuesday it has named John Elmore and Kent Stone to succeed Richard Hartnack, vice chairman of consumer and small business banking, when Hartnack retires in March.

Two community banks have repaid the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Prosperity Bancshares in Houston sees Oklahoma as a nearby, familiar market with ample growth room and pledges more acquisitions after its $194 million deal for Coppermark Bancshares in Oklahoma City.

The Federal Reserve Board has terminated enforcement actions against Community Bankers Trust (BTC) in Glen Allen, Va., and Northwestern Bank in Chippewa Falls, Wis.

HSBC's record-setting $1.92 billion penalty for a slew of anti-money laundering problems surprised many in the financial industry, who warned it could set a new precedent for targeting other institutions.