With the introduction of Wag bank, Jeff Stephens is trying to create a direct bank for pet lovers — a concept that failed 10 years ago in different hands. Wag, the bank for dog owners, is the first of what Stephens plans as a series of niche banks focused on affinity groups.

M&T Bank Corp.'s third-quarter earnings fell 4.6% on merger-related charges as the regional bank continued to reduce the amount of loans written off.

Rockwall Bancshares Inc., a Texas startup, has hired Eric Anderson as its chief executive. He had been an executive with American National Bank of Texas.

Elouise Cobell, a member of the Blackfeet tribe who founded the first Native-American-owned bank and later was the lead plaintiff in a multibillion-dollar lawsuit against the federal government, died Sunday at 65 of complications from cancer.

ROCKY HILL, Conn. – Nutmeg State FCU will open its first grocery store branch inside the Newington Price Chopper supermarket on Monday, its sixth Connecticut branch.

WOODBRIDGE, Va. – Belvoir FCU said it is opening a new branch inside the Base Realignment and Closure Act headquarters, its second branch opened to accommodate new Department of Defense personnel moved here under the base closings restructuring.

Renasant Corp. in Tupelo, Miss., said its third-quarter earnings rose 13.5% from a quarter earlier, to $6.5 million, after the company recorded $5 million in securities gains.

U.S. home prices may get a boost from an unlikely source: a pickup in sales of properties in default before they reach the stage where they are repossessed by the bank and sold.

Fulton Financial reported third-quarter results that were slightly better than expected as its loan-loss provision continued to decline, beating the average analysts estimate by a penny.

The bank has little choice but to shrink itself through asset sales and layoffs, but the process is slow, demoralizing and no answer to future growth.

Driven by improved loan demand, ServisFirst Bancshares Inc. in Birmingham, Ala., reported Monday that its third-quarter income rose 25% from a year earlier, to $6 million.

During testimony on Capitol Hill, the Treasury secretary faces criticism from members of both parties over a slow-moving, smaller-than-expected initiative to boost lending to small businesses.

Rockwall Bancshares Inc., a Texas-based start-up, has hired Eric Anderson as its chief executive officer.

Despite substantial gains in fee income, Arrow Financial Corp. in Glens Falls, N.Y., said Tuesday that its third-quarter profit fell slightly from a year earlier due to weakening demand for home and auto loans and a penalty it incurred for prepaying Federal Home Loan Bank advances.

State attorneys general said issues around the bureau's leadership structure should not stop White House nominee from getting director's job.

Attacks on European ATMs were 69% in the first half of this year, compared to last year. On the bright side, card skimming is on the wane.

Mercantile Bank Corp. in Grand Rapids, Mich., swung to a third-quarter profit of $2.7 million, compared to a loss of $5.7 million a year earlier, as credit costs fell dramatically.

Obama singled out Wall Street three times in a speech designed to defend his jobs plan against a Republican alternative in front of a select group of attendees and media at a YMCA gymnasium.

Elouise Cobell, a member of the Blackfeet tribe who founded the first-ever Native-American-owned bank and later was the lead plaintiff in a multi-billion-dollar lawsuit against the federal government, died Sunday of complications from cancer. She was 65.

Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan urged investors to look beyond the bank's poor immediate condition to what he called the "massive strategic repositioning of our franchise."