Three years after a group of private equity firms bought BankUnited out of receivership, industry observers wonder if the deal really paved the way for other firms interested in consolidating banks.

Mutual banks and thrifts in Massachusetts have dodged a bullet — at least for now — on a proposed state law that would have subjected them to new standards on executive compensation.

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) lawsuits filed this year through May 15 totaled 4,102, down 4.6% from last year's pace of 4,299, according to WebRecon LLC, a Grand Rapids, Mich.-based firm that tracks the data from U.S. District courts.

The American Bankers Association joined trade groups in every state Wednesday to urge passage of a bill easing fee disclosure rules at automated tellers.

NEW YORK — Visa reported sluggish U.S. card spending in April and May as new regulations eat into its market share.

Citigroup (NYSE:C) is growing its wealth management business with plans to hire 300 brokers and personal bankers over the next two years.

The three states that have led the nation in bank failures over the last four years — Georgia, Florida and Illinois — remain home to the banks that are most in danger of failing down the road, according to new data compiled by Thomson Reuters.

David Stevens, the president and chief executive officer of the Mortgage Bankers Association, will leave the trade group at the end of June to become president of SunTrust Mortgage.

Wilshire State Bank in Los Angeles has been released from an enforcement order that required it to boost its capital ratios and reduce its level of problem loans.

David Stevens, who last year joined the MBA in an unexpected shakeup after heading the Federal Housing Administration for two years, will become president in mid-July of SunTrust Mortgage, the home lending division of Atlanta-based SunTrust Banks Inc. (STI), the bank said on Wednesday.

Prepaid companies have lowered their card fees over the past few years, but now regulators may give the still-fractured industry another push towards simpler prices.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – 3Rivers FCU unveiled technology at the former Tower Bank branch it is renovating it said is designed to provide easily accessible information, speed up loan applications and eliminate paper.

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Kip Weissman, partner with law firm Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick in Washington, says handful of shareholder spats around the country shows how more insurgent investors in small banks are "looking for a sale" to "make a nice return."

Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC) said Tuesday it will pay $7.5 million to the city of Memphis and Shelby County, Tenn., and the city and county have agreed to drop a foreclosure-related lawsuit against the nation's largest mortgage lender.

Delinquencies have continued to decline, pointing to chargeoff rates that could be 40 to 90 basis points lower in the third quarter than they were in the first quarter at the Big Six.

State Bank & Trust in Fargo, N.D., is changing its name to avoid confusion with the dozens of banks in its markets that have similar names.

Gerald Host, Trustmark's CEO, expressed confidence in his company's purchase of BancTrust despite some analysts' concerns about the seller's weak deposit positions in key Alabama markets.

First Financial Northwest in Renton, Wash., and Stilwell Partners are both claiming victory following last week's annual meeting. A representative for the activist shareholder has threatened a legal challenge if its nominee isn't added to the board.