North Jersey Community began having networking breakfasts for female business owners in the area and converted some to clients who turned out to be strong advocates for the bank.

A 'silent migration' in bank supervision has some institutions switching from federal to state charters.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau lacks leadership at the moment, but not direction. Although Elizabeth Warren has left and Richard Cordray has yet to be confirmed, their laundry list is extensive and they're getting down to business.

Banks launched later in the decade, whose ramps to profitability lagged their predecessors’, provide a cautionary tale about headwinds that can emerge in an unstable economy, and the dangers of piling into a strategy based on brokered deposits and real estate lending.

The roughly 800 banks opened since 2002 have failed at about twice the industrywide pace. But some, including a few that have been repurposed as rollup vehicles, have prospered. The tables here rank the best and worst performers among the de novos of the past decade.

The Treasury said Thursday it expects to gain net proceeds of $3.4 million after pricing warrants to purchase shares in Associated Banc-Corp., one of the financial institutions it rescued during the financial crisis.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has closed its private banking unit in Brazil, in order to concentrate its efforts in areas where it is more competitive here, the Valor Economico reported on Thursday.

The National Association of Realtors' leading indicator of future home sales unexpectedly jumped 10.4% in October after falling 4.6% the previous month.

Three banking industry veterans are launching a hedge fund that will invest in small and mid-sized banks that are ripe for consolidation.

Trustmark said late Wednesday that it will pay $22 million for the $247 million-asset Bay Bank, representing about 85% of the seller's tangible book value at Sept. 30.

The system is likely to be a critical piece of how the CFPB writes new regulations. We offer an inside view of how it works.

First BanCorp in Puerto Rico said Wednesday that it had raised about $3.3 million from a rights offering.

A proposal to allow more small banks to avoid SEC registration will be highlighted by the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday — a sign that the issue has become a priority on Capitol Hill.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Members of Volunteer Corporate CU approved the combination with West Virginia Corporate FCU to create a $1.5 billion corporate, one of six pending corporate marriages.

There are signs that community bankers and regulators are trying to thaw relations. But uncertainly over the Dodd-Frank Act and longstanding distrust remain impediments to tangible progress, observers say.

Weak community banks will have to give in and start selling in greater numbers next year, two executives of acquisitive banks predict.

The Nasdaq stock market has notified Tennessee Commerce Bancorp Inc. in Franklin that its shares could be delisted for its failure to file timely financial reports.

Porter Bancorp Inc.'s largest outside shareholder says that the Louisville, Ky., company continues understate its level of problem loans despite its recent claims that its allowance for loan losses is sufficient.

The bankruptcy process of American Airlines parent AMR could create some collateral damage for Citigroup, which runs the airline's large rewards credit card program.

New Orleans savings bank to deploy core processing, teller and IVR software from the vendor.