Companies that are proactive about intentionally harvesting as many diverse viewpoints as possible can inherently derive innovation out of inclusion.

Great Southern Bancorp in Springfield, Mo., is bucking an industry trend toward fee-based lines of business in agreeing to sell its insurance and travel units.

First York Ban Corp in York, Neb., has agreed to acquire Glenvil Cooperative Credit Union, in a rare acquisition of a credit union by a bank.

CIT Group (CIT) in Livingston, N.J., has launched a unit that will originate and underwrite financing for seafaring vessels.

Lawsuits that charge Goldman Sachs (GD) and Deutsche Bank (DB) with misleading mortgage investors may proceed, a federal judge in Manhattan has ruled.

United Community Financial's (UCFC) third-quarter loss tripled from last year after a $33 million charge related to a bulk loan sale. The Youngstown, Ohio, company reported a loss of $26.9 million, compared with an $8.9 million loss a year earlier.

President Obama's reelection has given his administration a "do-over" opportunity in housing.

Bank of America is launching Mobile Pay on Demand through Bank of America Merchant Services, its Atlanta-based joint venture with First Data. We look at how this stacks up against similar mobile payment offerings out there.

Internal governance policies should define for shareholders, employees and the public how the bank plans to effectively manage the stated risk appetite.

JAMESTOWN, N.D. -- First Community CU, the state’s largest credit union, is opening a new branch in Fargo.

FITCHBURG, Mass. – Workers’ CU has opened inside Hannaford Supermarket in Chelmsford, the credit union’s 15th branch.

Raj Date, CFPB's second in command, said he will leave the agency after it finishes writing a number of mortgage rules required under the Dodd-Frank reform law.

The Supreme Court will decide whether merchants have the right to file class actions against Amex over which cards they must honor, or if arbitration clauses bar them from combining forces.

Some banks bucked the trend and others buckled under it. Overall, about two-thirds of publicly listed banks posted quarter-over-quarter declines in margins during the most recent round of earnings reports.

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The hurricane's effects have been "really tough for small-business owners," says Ginger Siegel, a longtime business banker and senior executive at PNC.

New technology from Default Mitigation Management is aimed at streamlining the way loan modification documents are moved between borrowers and loan servicers.

Consumers thinking of giving gift cards for the holidays may find a better bargain with store cards instead of those issued by banks and credit card companies.

The old concept of real interest rate return is virtually nonexistent. Banks face temptation to reach for extra yield by taking more risk.

Coinciding with the Veterans Day holiday, mortgage-settlement monitor Joseph A. Smith invited members of the military and veterans to report their complaints of abuses by mortgage servicers.