Finance

While some tackle the problem by offering their own consolidation loans, Sallie Mae is developing products with extended terms that reduce borrowers' monthly payments in an effort to discourage borrowers from refinancing in the first place.

The $36.3 billion-asset bank reported double-digit growth in C&I loans, commercial real estate loans and specialty loans to the private-equity, entertainment and energy industries in the third quarter.

Robust growth in net interest income, combined with a lower provision for loan losses, helped boost Webster Financial Corp.'s profits to a record $62.4 million in the third quarter, 26% higher than a year earlier.

The New York bank's total loans rose 8% to $31 billion from a mix of commercial real estate and specialty finance credits.

First Reliance in South Carolina, which recently announced its first bank acquisition, is angling to take advantage of disruption caused by bigger mergers in the Carolinas.

Net income for the Oregon regional bank was $61.3 million, a slight decline from the same quarter last year. It earned 28 cents per share and fell short of analysts’ expectations,

Growth in asset servicing offset declines in fees from foreign exchange and depositary receipt activity.

Chenault to leave credit card giant helm after 16 years, vice chairman will take his place; Brett Redfearn named the agency’s director of trading and markets.

Total loans fell 1.6% at the North Carolina-based regional bank, which has been scaling back in key segments such as residential mortgages and auto. Wider margins offset that reduction, but earnings were flat and revenue growth small.

The Cleveland company's third-quarter profit more than doubled from the same period last year, thanks largely to its 2016 acquisition of Buffalo-based First Niagara Financial Group.

The Dallas company reported a 40% increase in net income from the same period in 2016.

Navient has suspended stock buybacks to buy and expand a debt-refinancing firm that faces stiff competition from fintechs, and some shareholders aren’t happy.

The Minneapolis company is considering re-entering a business it exited under pressure from its regulator in 2014.

The Illinois company, four months removed from its last bank acquisition, just announced the biggest purchase in its history. Alpine Bancorp. will add low-cost deposits and scale to Midland States' wealth management business.

Strong gains in net interest income offset a decline in fee income, but a recent settlement with the federal government over alleged misconduct at its Wilmington Trust unit weighed on the Buffalo company's overall results.

Net interest margin widened 12 basis points, too. Those lending results offset a decline in fee income at the Minneapolis company, which saw earnings rise 4%.

Profits at the custody bank rose 16%, but it announced a new streamlining program that is expected to generate yearly savings of $250 million by 2020.

The company, which plans to change its name to Hancock Whitney next year, reported increased profit that reflected balance sheet growth.

Quarterly earnings at big five banks could have been worse; Chase to buy WePay, which helps online marketplaces and crowdfunding websites process payments.

The president of the St. Louis Fed said that regulators should go back to the pre-Dodd Frank framework for small banks, while warning about changes to the system as fintechs expand their presence.