Credit Union Trust, a new credit union service organization, has obtained a bank charter that it will use in offering trust and investment-related services.

Blue Ridge Bankshares will be based in Charlottesville, Va., after completing its $43 million purchase of Virginia Community Bancshares.

On Dec. 31, 2018. Dollars in thousands.

On Dec. 31, 2018. Dollars in thousands.

The Federal Reserve is considering revising Regulation D, which limits consumers to six transfers per month on savings and money market accounts through certain methods.

The Illinois bank is buying a bank formed in the 1970s to serve Cuban-Americans.

Vernon Hill's U.K. bank sold $479 million of new stock and issued fresh details about its turnaround efforts. Those included plans to cease its controversial practice of purchasing design and branding services from a business owned by Hill's wife.

Undeterred by setbacks in other cities, a broad coalition of community groups is seizing on popular mistrust of traditional banks to press the case for a city-owned bank.

Pangea says it is developing a digital account after customers complained that the bank relationship they had wasn't "for them."

The moves are part of a plan CEO Rajinder Singh discussed in a conversation with American Banker.

Heritage will have 17 branches around San Francisco when it completes the $200 million acquisition.

Farmers were already taking on more debt to cover losses from falling crop prices. New tariffs and other retaliatory moves could hurt ag borrowers further and lead to loan losses and tighter underwriting.

Democrats and Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee called for steps to minimize the harm to community banks and credit unions bracing for the new accounting standard.

Azlo will offer customers the ability to apply for a Kabbage loan through a new program called Mission Street Capital.

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants says banks are fighting accounting fatigue — thank CECL for that — and wants the FASB to push back a deadline for privately held firms to put operating leases on their balance sheets.

Meridian Corp. may have breached sales agreements after originating nearly $100 million in loans in a state where it lacked a license.

A bill that would have capped payday loan rates at 36% failed to get through committee, but credit unions have pledged to continue to fight for the legislation.

The new initiative could help expose American credit unions to best practices in biometrics, payments and monitoring collateral from their counterparts in Africa, Asia and beyond.

As Metro Bank’s problems mount, calls for Hill’s ouster as chairman are getting louder.

As evidenced by a Senate hearing, Republican and Democratic lawmakers still live in alternative universes when it comes to financial regulatory policy.