Liability insurance companies generally argue allowing banks to receive insurance coverage for overdraft litigation settlements violates public policy and rewards supposed wrongdoing, but there typically is no explicit exclusion in a policy that justifies this and other go-to positions.

Wells Fargo & Co. said third-quarter profit increased 22 percent, exceeding analysts' estimates, as the cheapest interest rates in history spurred refinancing.

JPMorgan Chase & Co., the biggest U.S. bank by assets, posted a third-quarter profit that beat analysts' estimates on gains from mortgages and trading.

Team Capital has no plans to go public, but it is helping investors cash out by partnering with a New York broker-dealer that makes markets in illiquid stocks.

Diane D'Erasmo will focus on multinational firms doing business in the U.S. She had been head of HSBC's commercial banking in the Northeast.

Former FDIC chairman Sheila Bair, who vocally criticized the Citigroup bailouts in her new book, said Friday that she sees few growth prospects for the bank.

The $4.4 billion-asset bank holding company based in Dubuque, Iowa said Thursday it would buy Heritage Bank in Phoenix for $16 million in cash.

Many community banks could find themselves in the same dilemma as LNB in Ohio, which is weighing the pleas of activist shareholder Umberto Fedeli to repurchase its Tarp shares from private investors. It has to choose between paying higher dividends or a costly capital raise.

The Consumer Bankers Association has elected Iberiabank executive Bob Kottler as its new chairman for 2013, the group said in a press release Thursday.

Growth in business lending by commercial banks remained brisk in the third quarter according to preliminary data, but continued to slide from a recent peak.

The Sunshine State is on its third banking commissioner — Drew Breakspear — in slightly more than a year.

Despite assurances from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that confidential information is protected, any discussions with lawyers about lending policies and procedures could wind up haunting lenders at exam time.

Viable restructuring alternatives to bank holding company debt do exist and will open the door to conventional M&A options or attract fresh equity.

Unable to find an acquisition or other expansion opportunity that it likes, Trinity Bank in Fort Worth, Texas, will pay a special onetime dividend to shareholders.

The new Bluebird prepaid card from American Express and Walmart could pose a threat to rival cards and checking accounts.

Flushing Savings Bank has filed an application with regulators to combine with its subsidiary, Flushing Commercial Bank, under a New York commercial bank charter.

MLV & Co. Financial has struck a deal to buy a stake in an investment advisor in Connecticut and promises more acquisitions to come.

Proclaim the beliefs you would fight for – the essence of what differentiates your bank from others – then carefully ensure that every action, from your marketing, to your interactions and behaviors, matches those values.

Bank of America Chief Executive Officer Brian Moynihan will press on with a plan to cut more than 30,000 jobs as revenue stays flat.