The Financial Consumer Agency of Canada will review the business practices of the country's banks after reports of tellers allegedly pressuring customers to buy products to meet sales goals.

Numerous investor groups have submitted applications in recent months to open new banks. While far from a surge, the filings show that bankers are warming up to the idea of new charters. Here is a look at many of those efforts.

Whether giving to animal shelters, food pantries or community members in need, credit unions are committed to making a difference in their communities.

Banks of all stripes are cheering what the Federal Reserve’s accelerated rate increases promise for net interest income, but big banks and small banks have conflicting notions about how they want to price deposits in the coming months.

It may seem counterintuitive, but the rise of digital banking makes human interactions in branches more important than ever.

Capital Bank Financial in Charlotte, N.C., is working with advisers to explore a sale after receiving an unsolicited approach, people familiar with the matter said.

The bank’s clients now have a simpler alternative for logging in to treasury management and other commercial accounts, part an effort by bankers to offer business customers more convenient high-tech services that are still secure.

The banking industry as we once knew it has changed, but a world-class, person-to-person, in-store experience still provides a unique way to connect with customers on a genuine level.

Groundbreakings, grand openings and other celebratory events as credit unions continue their push to give back to the communities they serve.

The Wells Fargo fake-accounts scandal is shining such a bright spotlight that more pervasive problems with the industry’s sales practices are getting lost in the shadows.

On Dec. 31, 2017. Dollars in thousands.

On Dec. 31, 2016. Dollars in thousands.

Many banks and money transmitters have built successful billion-dollar businesses around P-to-P payments without social sharing and letting users send emojis.

Bank of America is revamping its retail network and upgrading its ATMs as it rolls out a new type of branch that bridges the physical and digital worlds.

State Bank of Texas, which bought the failed Seaway Bank in January, is selling nine branches to Self-Help Credit Union.

The terminal and ATM maker, which is making a number of changes to its business, expecs the plant will be phased out by the end of the third quarter.

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A number of small banks have disclosed material weaknesses in loan-loss accounting and other procedures. Reasons vary, but a common thread appears to be that accounting firms are facing pressure to beef up their scrutiny of internal controls in financial services.

Seniors typically have stellar credit and can be a good source of deposits in a rising rate environment.

Yolande Piazza has been serving in the role on an interim basis since Heather Cox left for USAA.