Bank of America Corp. is beefing up its wealth management team by hiring more than 80 financial advisers in the metro Northwest region.

Prepaid marketer NetSpend Holdings Inc., which recently lost some crucial distribution partners, has rebounded with 7-Eleven Inc.

JANESVILLE, Wis. – First Community CU in Beloit has acquired a branch that had housed Evergreen State Bank, which was shut down by regulators in January.

In less than a year, the insurance giant has gone from aiming for the top five in home lending to putting its origination business on the block.

Independent ATM operators are launching a new legal strike against Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc., seeking to toss out standardized access fees imposed by the companies.

The economic pain inflicted on millions of citizens and businesses by the collapse and eventual bailouts of some of Wall Street’s largest financial firms reveals why community banks should continue to distinguish themselves from systemically risky financial firms.

FJ Capital Management said Thursday that it had received a "significant investment" by Bridge Equities LLC.

Proponents of national servicing standards aren't gaining much traction in their efforts to eliminate conflicts of interest.

A new examination manual from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau highlights a chapter on procedures for evaluating mortgage servicers.

First ULB Corp., the Oakland, Calif., parent company for United Labor Bank, has filed to hold an initial public offering.

The Federal Reserve on Thursday announced a prompt corrective action against Anchor Commercial Bank in Juno Beach, Fla., after the bank failed to provide the Fed with an acceptable capital restoration plan.

TCF Financial said Thursday that it is acquiring Gateway One Lending & Finance, an Anaheim, Calif., company that uses its relationships with more than 3,100 dealers to make car loans to consumers in 30 states.

More than 85% of community banks say that their overdraft programs have remained profitable despite rule changes that require banks to receive customers' consent before approving overdrafts on debit transactions.

"Face It, Bankers: You're Not Apple" by Andy Sobel [BankThink, Oct. 11, p. 21] contends banking shouldn't focus on innovation and instead should act like the utility sector. It conjures a Prius-driving straw man who only wants his bank to deliver cash from the ATM – "a human right," as utilities deliver water from the faucet.

With millions of American homeowners living under a Sword of Damocles otherwise known as foreclosure, expect to see more protestors turning out to block evictions and sheriff’s sales.

HUD is seeking comments on a proposed rule that would allow Farm Credit System lenders the ability to make FHA-backed loans. Since Farm Credit is already a GSE, bankers oppose the proposed rule.

Zombie mortgages, or home loans that are worth more than the underlying collateral of the house, are impeding a recovery in home sales and in the broader economy, according to Barclays Capital chief economist Dean Maki.

First Midwest Bancorp Inc. said Thursday it will acquire about $185 million of deposits and a branch in suburban Chicago from Old National Bancorp.

In a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, lawmakers suggest banks have colluded in announcing their fee increases after implementation of the interchange cap.

Shares of Commerce Bancshares Inc. were down sharply midday Thursday after the Kansas City, Mo., company reported earnings that fell short of analysts' estimates and warned that new rules limiting debit-card fees could take a bite out of fourth-quarter profits.