Analysts believe that private equity has become more skittish about quick returns from banking.

JPMorgan Chase said it is planning to install roughly 800 automated teller machines at ampm convenience stores/gas stations in California and four other western states.

Aiming to boost its sagging stock price, Hanmi Financial Corp. has completed a one-for-eight reverse stock split that will reduce its number of shares outstanding by 87%, to 31.5 million.

Online marketer edo Interactive has hired payments industry veteran Steven J. Kietz, a former executive at Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase, as head of its financial services team.

WASHINGTON — Bank regulators announced Monday higher thresholds for reporting requirements under the Community Reinvestment Act, after adjusting for inflation.

BERKELEY, Calif.-Cooperative Center Federal Credit Union is reaping big benefits from its installation of a 29.7 kilowatt DC photovoltaic solar system earlier this year.

DALLAS – Credit unions were hit last week with a new group of suits by one consumer claiming they violated the public disclosure provisions of the Electronic Funds Transfer Act by failing to post non-member fees being charged at their ATMs as required by the EFTA.

In what is probably the last night for bank collapses in 2011, regulators closed banks in Florida and Arizona, bringing the year's failure tally to 92.

The Federal Reserve Board on Friday approved the sale of EuroBank in Coral Gables, Fla., to a pair of Brazilian buyers.

The CFPB's Office of Servicemember Affairs is reaching out to the banking and mortgage industries, as well as to members of the military and their families, to help raise awareness about financial challenges — from foreclosures to payday loans — and products that work for them.

West Coast Bancorp Inc. in Lake Oswego, Ore., has added a director to its board with ties to a investment firm that participated in the company's 2009 private placement.

Banks won't be happy that a company not subject to federal supervision is filling a void that they, as regulated institutions, were forced to leave.

About a third of the institutions with the 25 highest ratios of foreclosed properties to tangible equity at Sept. 30 have since failed. Simultaneous craters in capital and jumps in repossessed real estate were typical, as were high levels of soured construction and development loans.

Consolidation in the market has prompted Bridge to seek capital fast to fight back, the CEO says.

Oil extraction in western North Dakota has created a big economic spike in the region, but the area's community banks are also struggling to keep up with the growth.

Rather than just moving their money, protesters in San Francisco are seeking to build a credit union of their own.

Former radio DJ Steve Streit has shepherded prepaid marketer Green Dot from its early days to its hard-won Fed blessing to buy a bank.

A merchant industry group sings its own praises on debit interchange rules … and threatens new fights.

Hudson City Bancorp Inc. said Friday that it has paid down $4.3 billion of high-cost debt in a move the company says will wipe out fourth-quarter profits but boost its net interest margin going forward.

Hampton Roads Bankshares Inc. in Norfolk, Va., has shuffled its management ranks and created several new divisions as it aims to regain its footing after suffering steep losses on real estate loans.