LifeLock is betting that its acquisition of ID Analytics, which closed Wednesday, will help it better market its services to retail banks.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Education First CU has introduced what it calls the smallest manned-branch in the industry, a 228 square-foot facility inside Clark Hall – a new state of the art multiple-classroom facility which is part of the Gahanna Jefferson School District..

Until the mid 1980s, most fraud went undiagnosed or misreported. The debate today seems to be whether the increasing digital landscape ends up increasing or decreasing fraud overall.

Discover Financial Services will have its credit cards issued outside of the United States for the first time, thanks to a new deal in Ecuador.

Two small Massachusetts mutual thrifts are planning to join forces in hopes of gaining the scale to better compete against larger banks.

Customers may only be able to pay and eat with plastic at the fast-food chain planned by Tony Zazula, a restaurateur famed for banning cash at his New York restaurant.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is expected Tuesday to propose targeted changes to how banks with more than $10 billion of assets pay deposit-insurance premiums.

Several regional banks that were also stress-tested by the Federal Reserve but whose results were not made public announced that they have passed their tests. Some, including Comerica, Huntington and Discover, plan to free up trapped capital.

For the second time in less than a year, Colony Financial Inc. in Los Angeles has raised fresh capital through a stock offering.

With the economy gaining momentum and bank balance sheets improving, bankers gathered in Florida this week for the annual Best Practices in Retail Financial Services Symposium showed a sharp top-line focus.

Speaking at the annual Best Practices in Retail Financial Services Symposium, U.S. Bank CEO Richard Davis and Citizens Republic CEO Cathleen Nash urged retail bankers to consider a proactive approach to new industry regulations.

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FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Heritage FCU said it hired MagniFI to design a 30,000-square-foot administrative facility and member center in Newburgh.

WICHITA, Kan. – Mid America CU is offering a different member experience inside its new eastside branch – a 900-square-foot cafe known as Savories Tasty Shop and Coffee House.

More than a year after prepaid company Netspend Holdings Inc. said it had signed a deal with Bancorp Inc., the retail bank said it had begun dolling out the cards.

Northfield Bancorp Inc. in Avenel, N.J., has agreed to buy Flatbush Federal Bancorp Inc. in Brooklyn, N.Y., in a deal that will combine two mutual holding companies.

Wintrust Financial Corp. in Lake Forest, Ill., will raise up to $126.5 million in capital through a preferred stock offering.

The Colorado Bankers Association has launched a website to serve as a resource guide for small businesses. The site has the basics of credit, and lists several types of lenders, besides banks, that serve such borrowers.

BB&T shouldered more risk when it agreed to make its already complex deal for BankAtlantic more complicated. But the risk is manageable -- and worth it, experts say.

Southside Bancshares in Tyler, Texas, will restate its financial results for 2010 and 2011 to reflect an impairment charge for Federal Home Loan Bank option fees and changes in the fair value of certain securities.