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.

Polonia Bancorp in Huntingdon Valley, Pa., has finished its stock offering and second-step conversion to a stock-owned company.

Privately owned banks do not report to the SEC, but they can face challenges if they need capital. This list looks at banks with a physical retail presence and stock that cannot be readily traded on a stock exchange.

TandemMoney won praise for making its small-dollar credit offering conditional on borrower savings. Critics saw its product as just another payday loan. Scrutiny from regulators did the company in.

American International Group (AIG), which stands to join a list of financial institutions deemed too big to fail, may be looking to unload its thrift unit.

Investors Bancorp (ISBC) will cut 31 jobs at Marathon National Bank of New York, about a month after it completed its acquisition of the formerly Greek-owned bank.

The terms 'unbanked' and 'underbanked' perpetuate the erroneous notion that everyone needs a bank account and inhibit discussion of better ways to serve the financial needs of non-traditional consumers.

Sun Bancorp in Vineland, N.J., has lured a veteran financial executive from Customers Bancorp in Wyomissing, Pa., hiring Thomas R. Brugger as the CFO of its Sun National Bank subsidiary.

Fred Rowden, the chief executive of 1st Capital Bank in Monterey, Calif., has died.

Comparable store growth is the core of any great retailer. If you cannot grow your existing stores, you do not deserve to expand.

Banks shouldn't go to extremes to make up for declining earnings, Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry said Friday.

The board of 1st Mariner Bancorp has withdrawn from a long delayed securities purchase agreement with a New York investment firm that would have injected badly needed capital into the Baltimore company.