Bank of America is a huge and therefore convenient target for journalists to bash. Recently the Los Angeles Times assailed B of A for cutting "some" small business credit lines. (Maybe they cut "some" but increased more of them!)

MetLife Home Loans was profitable and gaining market share. But the risk of having to repurchase soured loans likely fazed prospective buyers.

Costly regulations associated with being a bank holding company appear to have forced another insurance company to give up its bank charter.

A Supreme Court ruling on Tuesday upheld the controversial practice of including mandatory arbitration clauses in credit card contracts.

Lost in the discussion of investment banking and mortgage woes and investor disappointment at JPMorgan Chase were strong lending and deposit numbers. These core results are signs of a strengthening recovery, Jamie Dimon says.

Personal-finance guru Suze Orman is usually the one dishing out the tough love. But the moment she put her name on a reloadable prepaid card, she was the one taking it.

PremierWest Bank in Medford, Ore., said Friday that it will close one-fourth of its branches to lower expenses as it struggles to return to profitability after more than three years of losses.

BankAtlantic Bancorp's deal to sell the bulk of its assets to BB&T Corp. has come under attack from yet another BantAtlantic investor: Wells Fargo.

Fifth Third Bancorp has promoted Mike Collins to area investment manager for the Butler County region of Cincinnati and Western Ohio, its second such move in less than a month.

Dutch financial services company ING Group said Friday that it may have to sell more assets to repay state aid, as it grapples to meet stricter banking rules and protect itself against choppy markets.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s fourth-quarter earnings fell 23% as revenue from its investment banking arm declined.

NEW YORK — JPMorgan Chase & Co. shuffled some of its management ranks once again Thursday, naming a new head of its commercial bank and a new chief risk officer, according to a memo from Chief Executive Jamie Dimon.

MANCHESTER, N.H. – St. Mary’s Bank, the nation’s oldest credit union, is shutting down online banking, telephone banking and voicemail service this weekend while it moves to a new operations center.

The retailing giant has partnered with Jackson Hewitt and H&R Block to offer free tax prep at more than 3,000 stores, in a move that could boost deposits on the retailer's prepaid card.

IberiaBank Corp. in Lafayette, La., is eyeing expansion in Birmingham and other metropolitan markets in Alabama.

The consumer banking giant has stopped taking individuals to court over unpaid credit card balances in at least five states. The question is why.

Tom Grady, tapped last year as Florida's banking commissioner, want to cuts regulatory costs to help state's survivors recover.

All banks are affected by more stringent regulation, but it is the less-healthy ones that are most likely to throw in the towel because of it.

KeyCorp returns to the M&A trail for first time in years in agreeing to buy 37 branches in western New York. The seller, First Niagara, is still trying to digest what it already has in the works.

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