MADISON, Wis. – As Credit Union Journal has reported, ongoing lawsuits continue to be filed against financial institutions for failing to properly disclose ATM fees.

Bank of America has argued in court filings that it has the legal right to jettison troubled mortgage subsidiary Countrywide. In the real world, it wouldn't be so easy.

Fannie Mae, in a quarterly filing, says it is receiving "higher amounts" from lenders on loan repurchase requests while its pipeline of buyback claims on defaulted mortgages expands.

A pair of North Carolina banks — FNB United and Bank of Granite — surprised industry observers last week, finding investors willing to commit $310 million for an arranged marriage between the struggling companies.

Citigroup on Tuesday afternoon said that it recently hired Mark Danahy to head its residential origination division, which ranks among the top five in the nation.

H&R Block Inc. has agreed to pay $125 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the state of Massachusetts against Option One Mortgage Corp., its former subprime lending unit.

Jason Awad has worn many hats over a long career in Sin City; now he is trying his banking cap once again.

The branch will be mainly a marketing and new account indoctrination center. Smartphones will eliminate most face-to-face transactions, as well as paper checks, currency and cards – not to mention the costs associated with those media.

American Banker offers tough questions for hedge fund manager Bruce Berkowitz to put to the embattled Bank of America CEO on Wednesday. Add your own queries to our list.

Visa has introduced a series of incentives to spur the U.S. to adopt chip cards – a change once considered as likely as the country switching to the metric system.

University Federal Credit Union plans to open several branches that take design cues from airports, including new tablet-like ATMs that look like the check-in kiosks at airline terminals.

Hamilton State Bancshares Inc. is looking to repurchase up to $4.2 million of its common stock just five months after the Atlanta-area company received a hefty capital infusion to buy other banks.

One man has shared his Starbucks prepaid card with the world, allowing anyone to spend and reload it using a feature of the card that was once called a security flaw.

Visa Inc. plans to accelerate the U.S. migration to EMV contact and contactless chip technology, the card brand announced Aug. 9.

Mortgage servicers completed 31,600 HAMP modifications in June, including 2,000 restructurings that involved principal reductions, according to a report from the Treasury Department.

Demand for mortgage-backed securities cooled slightly on Monday after rating downgrades of the U.S. and government-backed housing finance companies led to a broad flight from riskier assets.

NBH Holdings Corp. is following up its recent failed bank acquisition in Colorado with a branch deal and name change.

Housing industry executives awoke on Monday to a world reshaped by the U.S. downgrade, but for their corner of the financial markets the pain is mostly psychological.

On Tuesday, the $904 million-asset company said that Lee R. Keith, a director since 2009, as its interim president and chief executive. Keith succeeds Ted T. Awerkamp, who had served in those positions since 2007.

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