Bankers weigh their options in mortgage and CRE lending as implementation of a new accounting standard nears.

BBVA Compass in Birmingham, Ala., reported 6% increases in loans and revenue, as strength in consumer loans and credit cards offset weakness in fee income.

Community banks generally make digital a consumer play, but TransPecos Bank, with its BankMD brand, is focusing on doctor practices, which tend to weather economic downturns well.

Among the lessons David Hijirida learned at the online giant: Companies are often so focused on competitors that they neglect their own customers.

The Virginia company, which recently bought Access National, will become Atlantic Union Bank later this year.

Lenders are glad the agency worked swiftly through a backlog of paperwork, but they're worried funds will get cut off if the government closes again.

Criminals are going to get smarter, but banks can implement a modern authentication solution to meet unique use cases and security requirements without sacrificing user convenience, writes Mike Byrnes, senior product manager at Entrust Datacard.

Thanks to big tech companies, the business world is moving to third-party platforms, or online marketplaces where buyers pull sellers' products off digital shelves. A growing number of financial institutions — including BBVA, Citi and community banks like Eastern — say they can't afford to sit out the trend.

The regional bank is roughly a third of the way to the 260 workers needed to staff the 25 branches it plans to open there over two years.

Although the credit union industry managed to add more loans and members, lending is expected to grow at just 8 percent this year, according to a recent report.

Gatsby, which has built an app to let novice investors buy puts or calls, has received funding from Barclays, Radius Bank and others. Radius is considering offering the service to its customers.

The combination of their convenient branch networks and strong digital offerings makes large, national banks tough to beat in dispensing financial guidance, consumers say.

The Louisiana company got more aggressive with credit issues and recorded its final charge tied to addressing a regulatory order.

Wells says it's made progress but needs to do more to rebuild trust with customers and regulators; despite rate hikes by the Fed, big banks continue to effectively pay nothing in interest to savings customers.

Banks that gather deposits through branches generally pay lower deposit premiums than those that solicit deposits online. So what happens if long-standing restrictions on brokered deposits are relaxed?

The deal between the U.S. bank and the U.K. software firm adds another potential payments rival for Swift, and the two companies will offer banking APIs to U.S. fintechs.

The French banking giant has spent months winding down its holdings in the $20 billion-asset bank.

Reliance Bancshares was in a position to reject five buyout offers over the course of a year before it got one it liked.

Big data and artificial intelligence will allow banks to do more for small businesses, former SBA head Karen Mills argues.

Shaza Andersen, a well-known banker around the nation's capital, would serve as Trustar Bank's CEO.