Southern Missouri charges ahead with a stock offering, while South Valley of Oregon pulls back an IPO. The divergent decisions say everything about the tough calls that small banks face in dealing with volatile stock markets.

Discover Financial Services said Monday that it's dropping the Foreign Currency Fee on its cards.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Monday that it plans to notify banks or individuals that are under investigation for potential violations of consumer financial laws, to give them a chance to respond to the allegations before it takes legal action.

Richard Fredricks, a bank examiner at the FDIC in Nebraska, used his time at an ABA conference to encourage executives at farm bank to remain vigilant policing loans and to learn from the experiences of commercial lenders.

OmniAmerican Bancorp Inc. in Fort Worth, Texas, reported a five-fold increase in third-quarter earnings from a year earlier, to $1 million, due primarily to improved asset quality.

Nara Bancorp Inc. and Center Financial Corp. said on Monday that they had cleared their last regulatory hurdle for their planned merger after they received approval from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

A collection of distinct industry associations claim to speak for large banks on policy issues, in addition to each bank's individual efforts. But could a more focused effort help their message?

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Monday announced that it will give a financial firm a heads-up when it finds that the company has violated consumer protection laws.

The Spokane, Wash., bank added a chapter to its comeback story Monday in agreeing to buy the banking operations of an instate rival.

Union Bank's $35 million settlement suggests that plaintiff's attorneys may drive harder bargains in a massive overdraft fee class action.

South Valley Bancorp Inc. in Klamath Falls, Ore., has withdrawn its plan to go public, stating in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that "current market conditions make proceeding with this offering unattractive."

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. plays a far more active role in the last days of banks than it cares to let on, explains Washington correspondent Joe Adler.

Banking and payments executives try desperately to figure out where their debit card strategies all went wrong – and what, if anything, they can do next – at an industry conference.

We've already seen Occupy Foreclosures. How about Occupy The Wall Street Journal, Occupy Fox News or Occupy PBS?

ORLANDO, Fla. – CFE FCU held a grand opening for its second student-operated branch in an Orange County high school and fourth high school branch.

A Utah bank linked to an alleged Internet payment scam and an online gambling case was seized by the state late Friday, on a night when regulators also closed a bank in Nebraska.

Promontory Interfinancial Network LLC will integrate its Insured Cash Sweep and Certificate of Deposit Account Registry Service with Fiserv Inc.'s Premier bank platform.

Lower borrowing costs under the government’s refinancing program for underwater homeowners mean lower interest payments for investors, and banks are the biggest holders of agency mortgage bonds.

A New York firm that represents banks in foreclosures is coming under the spotlight on Capitol Hill after the publication of offensive photos from its Halloween party.

A homeowner defense association has accused New York's largest foreclosure law firm of inappropriate behavior and asked the state's top judge to stop any foreclosure cases the firm handles.