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Visa Inc., the world’s biggest payments network, posted a fiscal second-quarter profit that beat analysts’ estimates as consumer-card spending rose.

Banks' customer-satisfaction ratings are at a 10-year high, according to a new study by J.D. Power. The research firm identified the top-rated banks in each region, and found that the postmillennial generation has a thing for the megabanks.

Citigroup and other banks are increasingly looking to startups to help them compete in a world in which Google, Apple and other tech firms are rapidly becoming potential threats.

One of the most powerful officials in the Federal Reserve System announced Thursday she plans to leave the central bank by the end of the year.

The decision to promote David Casper, BMO Harris' head of commercial lending, should show that the Chicago bank is ready to push back against aggressive competitors in the Midwest

The regulator is monitoring pricing, along with loan covenants and repayment schedules, as bankers compete for loans. Several bankers have noted recently that paydowns rose in the first quarter as competitors dangled relaxed terms to steal clients.

The financial industry and the White House are gearing up for a fresh battle this spring over investment advice for retirement savings.

Another Bank of America executive has joined Novantas, a maker of financial-analytics software for banks.

NCUA officials still have several more months of work ahead of them before they unveil a comprehensive overhaul of their Field of Membership rules, but the agency completed a kind of trial run Thursday, approving a much narrower amendment to the rules governing associational common bonds.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — NCUA on Thursday issued prohibition orders for April, barring two individuals from participating in the affairs of any federally insured financial institution.