Finance

The Baltimore bank, which was on the brink of failure before a group recapitalized it, is selling itself to Howard Bancorp.

Like many banks its size, CenterState in Florida may need to venture out of state to find a big enough acquisition to make additional compliance costs worthwhile.

The Florida company will pay nearly $600 million to buy HCBF Holding and Sunshine Bancorp.

Having a leverage ratio as a backstop to risk-based capital requirements is sound, but the way it is currently calibrated is having a dramatic effect on financial markets.

Security companies are using technology to stop more complex fraud based on a smaller amount of data, and investors are taking notice.

Triumph Bancorp in Dallas has successfully taken chances on out-of-state acquisitions, factoring and other nontraditional strategies that many of its peers have avoided.

The Pasadena, Calif., company reported net income of $19.3 million, up from $8 million in the same period a year earlier.

Young businesses often prefer banks, especially community banks, over online lenders. However, traditional lenders need to make quicker decisions, simplify the application process and make other improvements, these customers say.

Many banks are adopting an “it takes money to make money” approach, paying more interest on deposits in exchange for loan growth, fee income and customer retention.

MoneyGram’s total revenue declined slightly during the second quarter to $410 million, resulting in flat growth compared to the previous quarter based on constant currency.

Readers react to USAA teaming up with Amazon’s Alexa, how a new Wells Fargo’s scandal could affect arbitration rules, a digital identity startup’s ambitions, and more.

Fifth Third’s new chief legal counsel, Jelena McWilliams, might be changing jobs again and Australia’s first female bank CEO tells all in a memoir. Plus, the advantage with female founders, and young feminists on the rise.

With fewer CMBS deals coming to market — partly as a result of risk-retention rules — an independent finance company like Ladder Capital can’t always wait to piggyback on Wall Street’s transactions.

Two experts traded verbal barbs over whether promoting a sales culture helps or hurts the credit union mission of putting members first.

The bank agreed to pay $4.6 million to settle charges it didn't tell consumers why their checking account applications were rejected; Winklevoss brothers to supply bitcoin data to Chicago exchange.

The Texas company agreed to buy Liberty Bancshares on the same day it completed its purchase of the $1 billion-asset Sovereign Bancshares.

The ranks of mutually owned banks are in decline. Survivors say sharper marketing, better access to capital and lower barriers to entry could stop the bleeding.

The company will pay $51 million for Bank of Napa, adding two branches and nearly $250 million in assets.

As an open network, bitcoin is in one sense the most inclusive financial system imaginable. But for now, transfers of the cryptocurrency are priced like a luxury good.

San Francisco-based startup UnifyID is developing an “implicit authentication” platform that requires no conscious actions by users to authenticate identities, and it’s just closed $20 million in fresh funding to support its growth.