Consumers' growing dependence on smartphones makes it all the more crucial to be prepared to do business where your members are.

Facebook is seeking customer data from big banks. Executives say it's not clear what the benefit would be, but the drawbacks are easy to tally.

The family that owns KleinBank negotiated for employee incentives for nonrelatives and retention awards as part of the Minnesota bank's proposed sale to Old National.

The Washington-based credit union worked with the state chapter of the National Federation of the Blind to improve website accessibility.

Bankers at Sonoma Valley Bank were convicted of bank fraud, money laundering and other offenses.

A $52 million-asset African-American-owned bank in South Carolina is hoping its efforts can be expanded to help underbanked consumers nationwide.

Six months after the Federal Reserve put Wells Fargo on a strict diet — no more growth until it cleans up its act — shareholders are finding it’s not so bad.

Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Cory Booker of New Jersey unveiled a bill to ban overdraft fees on debit card transactions and ATM withdrawals — a move that could negatively impact a major credit union revenue stream.

BofI has agreed to buy $3 billion of deposits from Nationwide Bank as part of the insurance giant's exit from retail banking. The deal comes three years after BofI bought H&R Block Bank's deposits.

Tekalign Gedamu, who would chair Marathon International Bank, says that Zekarias Tamrat is bad-mouthing the de novo effort following his dismissal and a subsequent payment disagreement. Tamrat was slated to be the bank's president.

Tory Nixon, who became Umpqua's chief banking officer this spring, is trying to drive more customers to use mobile banking (only 15% do so now industrywide) without alienating them in the process.

Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Cory Booker of New Jersey unveiled a bill to ban overdraft fees on debit card transactions and ATM withdrawals.

The Senate has no reason to stall the nomination of Michelle “Miki” Bowman to fill the central bank’s community banker seat.

Zekarias Tamrat blamed the proposed Marathon International Bank's chairman and directors for delays in getting its application approved.

A task force created by the American Bankers Association asserts that applying for a bank charter is too time-consuming and that some de novo rules are too rigid.

Chief Design Officer Meriah Garrett provides a look at the bank's efforts to make mobile app and website design more user-friendly.

The company’s first COO, Vishwas Prabhakara, is hoping to help the automated savings app startup build scale.

The trend poses challenges for banks, which have long required customers who want fees waived to put in their own effort.

While many financial institutions are leery of sales goals after the Wells Fargo cross-selling scandal, they shouldn’t overcorrect.

The industry group wants the FDIC to reject an ILC request from student lender Nelnet and impose a two-year ban on future applications.