Lynn Harton has held key titles at South Financial, Regions Financial and BB&T. As South Financial's CEO, he helped orchestrate the South Carolina company's sale to TD Bank.

Several well-known U.S. banks and credit card companies call themselves "global." During a two-week vacation in Thailand, an American Banker editor put their claims to the test.

Wintrust Financial (WTFC) has agreed to buy HPK Financial, the parent of Hyde Park Bank and Trust.

A simpler calculation isn't necessarily the right one. If a capital ratio misrepresents a bank's risk or creates incentives to take on more of it, simple is scarcely an improvement.

Real estate values in some Detroit neighborhoods are surging as the state's automobile industry recuperates and investors flip bank-seized properties.

CLEVELAND – Cardinal Community CU is opening a branch at Lake Catholic High School.

Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William C. Dudley said the central bank's new stimulus is vital for boosting "unacceptably slow" improvement in economic growth.

Lending for mortgages dropped in 2011 as refinancings declined and many borrowers relied on loans backed by the Federal Housing Administration, according to bank regulators' 2011 data on housing loans.

Cullen/Frost Bankers will close four branches in the Rio Grande Valley this fall. The company gained the branches after it bought the parent company of the $401 million-asset Alamo Bank of Texas in 2006.

New HMDA data show FHA- and VA-supported loans holding a huge share of the market as overall home loans and refis are still on the decline.

FirstMerit's deal for Citizens Republic in Michigan sent a message that acquisition prospects in Chicago are weaker than first thought — and deal forecasters back to the drawing board.

Fannie Mae has named the former chief litigation counsel for Pfizer (PFE) as its general counsel and corporate secretary.

While deposit-driven financial institutions, at best, could use small-dollar loans to bring in customers who would later purchase other products, installment lenders have been successfully serving underserved communities for close to 100 years.

Though banks have always measured customer satisfaction, there is a greater focus now on understanding exactly what drives the customer experience and how it can help the bottom line.

BNCCorp (BNCC) has reversed a portion of the valuation allowance against its deferred-tax assets, which will result in an $8.8 million net benefit for the Bismarck, N.D., company.

Bankers' banks are evolving into trusted advisors to small banks just a few years after a pair of high-profile failures pared their ranks and damaged the group's credibility.

D.A. Davidson, a Portland, Ore., investment bank has recruited two bank M&A advisors in Chicago, Stephen Nelson and Eugene Katz, from rival Hovde Financial.

As branch traffic shrinks and the need to improve customer service grows, video-equipped ATMs are catching on. But is a small location with a video connection and non-existent staff a branch?

A greater number of Americans believe that their personal finances and the economy are in better shape than they were a year ago, according to a new survey from a unit of JPMorgan Chase (JPM).

The 59% increase in the government subsidy reflects an increase in loan defaults, not loan demand.