Community bankers are urging lawmakers to pressure the Internal Revenue Service into withdrawing a proposed rule that would require U.S. banks to report to the IRS any interest paid on deposit accounts of nonresident aliens.

Ohio's Liberty Savings Bank is exiting its home state and selling its 16 branches there to First Financial Bancorp of Cincinnati, tripling First Financial's footprint in Dayton.

Debt buyer Portfolio Recovery Associates Inc. (PRA), based in Norfolk, Va., has announced the launch of a program designed to help individuals who have been victims of identity theft.

Banks thinking of scaling back loyalty programs should carefully weigh how to do it, because getting it wrong can alienate customers, even if they're still getting something for free.

Due to a noncompete agreement, John Kanas must remain hands-off for a while after BankUnited buys Herald National in New York. When that noncompete expires, watch out.

Eager to lower its overhead, Hampton Roads Bankshares Inc. in Norfolk, Va., will close nine branches this year and move customers' accounts into other nearby branches.

Huntington National Bank is committing $2 billion to help jumpstart Michigan's sputtering economy.

Despite the loss of some advantages under Dodd-Frank, the grandfathered unitary thrift holding company still offers more flexibility than the financial holding company variant.

The $3.6 billion-asset thrift company said this week that its lender, U.S. Bank, has given it another six months to repay a $116.3 million loan that was due to be paid off May 31.

Republic Bancorp Inc. in Louisville is exiting the Bowling Green, Ky., market and selling its branch there to a local rival.

Tennessee Commerce Bancorp Inc. in Franklin will not be required to restate its 2010 earnings after all, but it is under orders to boost its capital ratios.

Xenith Bancshares Inc. of Richmond, Va., is adding market share in its hometown with a deal to acquire the lone Virginia branch of Paragon Commercial Bank in Raleigh, N.C.

BankUnited Inc. of Miami Lakes, Fla., is expanding into the New York market with a deal to acquire Herald National Bank for $71.4 million in cash and stock.

The CEO and founder of the company behind the "wealth-building" program “Winning in the Cash Flow Business,” has been charged by the Federal Trade Commission with defrauding consumers.

INDIANAPOLIS – Crane FCU has joined Credit Union Centers’ shared branch network, allowing its members access to more than 4,200 networked branches across the country, including 275 in Indiana and Illinois.

MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. – Kinecta FCU, already the biggest check cashing outlet in Southern California, said it is opening a new mortgage center in nearby Newport Beach to fuel its expanding home loan business.

Rep. Darrell Issa, the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, is calling Elizabeth Warren back to the Hill for a second hearing following a dispute with a subcommittee chairman last week.

New York State is considering legislation that would carve out an exception for check cashers from its 25% cap on interest rates for short-term loans, a move consumer advocates say is a backdoor attempt to allow payday lending in the nation's third-most populous state.

BankAtlantic, the Fort Lauderdale, Fla., subsidiary of BankAtlantic Bancorp, plans to release a mobile banking application for smartphones that run Google's Android software.

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