Bankers, regulators and non-profit executives last month debated how best to serve poor and other underbanked consumers. Click through to see who was the most passionate - and obsessive - at the Underbanked Financial Services Forum.

HomeTrust Bank in Asheville, N.C., is set to raise up to $211.6 million as it converts to a stock-owned bank from a mutual thrift.

VantageScore is taking precautions to avoid another antitrust challenge. As a result, the credit bureaus' scoring venture is "operating with one arm … tied behind our backs," says its CEO.

Analytics companies FICO and CoreLogic have launched a new credit score to help mortgage lenders better evaluate potential borrowers.

Businesses are expecting to unload even more cash into banks, according to a liquidity survey released Tuesday by the Association of Financial Professionals.

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Now that government-controlled Ally Financial has made official its exit from the warehouse lending arena, many firms are hoping to benefit from the bank's misery.

In a Q&A on the eve of the CFPB's first anniversary, Director Richard Cordray explains why consumer complaints should be publicly released, and why the pending qualified mortgage plan needs more time.

State regulators this afternoon approved the merger of Massachusetts State Employees CU, a troubled one-time $77 million credit union in Boston, into giant Metro CU in adjacent Chelsea, Mass.

Old National Bancorp (ONB) in Evansville, Ind., has named a former chief justice of the Indiana Supreme Court to its board.

Matthew Wagner, the company's CEO, says a decision to sell 10 branches to Opus Bank will help the usually acquisitive PacWest cut costs.

Provided it kept costs in line and has no bad surprises to announce Friday, Wells Fargo could steal some of the glow normally monopolized by JPMorgan Chase during earnings season.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau took two major steps toward reshaping the nation's residential mortgage market Monday, proposing revised mortgage disclosure requirements as well as stricter limits on high-cost loans.

Consumer credit climbed more than forecast in May, led by the biggest jump in credit-card debt in almost five years that may signal Americans are struggling to make ends meet.

Eagle Bancorp's (EGBN) Ronald D. Paul is adding another job to his list of responsibilities.

Loans made through the Small Business Lending Fund continued their climb in the first quarter, rising by $433 million compared with the fourth quarter of 2011, the Treasury Department said.

First State Bank of St. Charles in Missouri is looking to expand into the Kansas City area with two new offices.

If a senior mortgage executive tells you "there's nothing to worry about, we've got exceptional controls and a great track record in measuring and managing mortgage servicing rights," it is probably worth getting a second opinion.

Instead of excessive scrutiny of what Jamie Dimon says about the company's $2 billion-plus trading loss, time might be better spent in analyzing JPMorgan Chase's mortgage revenue, net interest margins and sources of long-term profits — and what it all says about the future of banking.

The Treasury Department will auction off its stakes in a dozen more banks as it works to aggressively wind down the Troubled Asset Relief Program.