Criticized in the past for its high fees, the company rolls out a new flat-fee account that does away with charges for bounced checks, account inactivity and using out-of-network ATMs.

The selloff in Treasuries that extended through much of this month underscores the dangers of adding exposure to long-dated bonds, but both large and small banks have been doing just that in recent quarters. Use this interactive graphic to examine the maturity profiles holding companies with at least $1 billion in assets.

Hamilton Bank in Baltimore has received regulatory approval to take the second step to a stock-owned company from a mutual holding company.

Kentucky First Federal Bancorp (KFFB) is seeking to waive its right to receive a dividend despite lingering uncertainty as to whether regulators will allow mutual holding companies to make that move.

About 6,000 U.S. banks, including those as small as $500 million in assets, are required to implement the "standardized" approach in Basel III. Ernst & Young's Peter Davis discusses the extent of the changes they face.

A controversial proposal to seize underwater mortgages through eminent domain faces significant legal challenges in California because the three municipalities do not have statutory authority to convey loans to a private company.

Bitcoin lets users send money nearly instantaneously, at almost no cost, and (if desired) anonymously. Getting funds in and out of the system is the hard part. That may soon change.

Borrowers are paying down their debts across a number of credit categories — with the big exception being student loans, according to new data published by Equifax.

The Treasury Department recouped $62.4 million in its latest auction of the securities it owns from the Troubled Asset Relief Program, but it was unable to find a buyer for shares Guaranty Federal Bancshares in Springfield, Mo.

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Politicians, regulators and lenders still have much to learn from a period dominated by the "affordable housing" ideology.

Federal agencies intervened in the private student-loan market during the financial crisis and could play a future role, said Rohit Chopra, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's student-loan ombudsman.

The FDIC is appealing a ruling that barred it from pursuing simple negligence claims against officers and directors of a failed bank. If the agency loses, it could have a difficult time replenishing the Deposit Insurance Fund.

The Federal Reserve has given the green light to a revised capital plan submitted by Citigroup in June.

The Regulation Room, run by Cornell University, allows the public another opportunity to weigh in about Consumer Financial Protection Bureau policies.

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Almost four years after Fannie Mae was put into conservatorship, Treasury has yet to erase skepticism that the nation's biggest mortgage financier is as secure as Ginnie Mae.

The Federal Reserve Board has terminated a written agreement with Valley Financial that required the Roanoke, Va., company to serve as a source of strength for its bank.

Delaware County Bank & Trust in Lewis Center, Ohio, is the latest bank to add private banking in an effort to court more high-net-worth customers.

First California Financial Group faces investor pressure to sell and an unsolicited bid from PacWest Bancorp. Yet it danced around its vulnerable M&A status in a proxy filing on its deal to buy Premier Service Bank.