The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should have direct oversight of auto dealers instead of being forced to go through indirect auto lenders to make changes to the market, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., suggested Wednesday.

More than 1 million homebuyers qualified for a mortgage in the third quarter, the first time since the financial crisis that lenders reached such a threshold, according to research by the Urban Institute.

SunTrust Banks in Atlanta has committed $50 million to a credit facility for the online small-business lender Credibly.

As community banks need to make their budgets stretch further, some are looking to vendor consolidation as a way to gain a competitive edge through fewer IT headaches and a more uniform customer experience.

A pair of directors at Malvern Bancorp in Paoli, Pa., have resigned just days after a large investor refused to support their re-election.

Here are the most common mistakes that would-be financial services disruptors make on their way to trying to execute a great idea and business plan.

The Canadian bank's U.S. wealth management arm is moving toward a hybrid digital-human advice platform, partnering with BlackRock's FutureAdvisor to add robo tools for its 1,900 advisers.

Atlantic Capital Bancshares in Atlanta has formed a lending division to focus on the emerging film and entertainment industry in Georgia.

Katie Lorenson will join the $3 billion-asset company on Aug. 31, when CFO Gary Ortale plans to retire.

Bank of America's blockchain patent push shows how bankers' attitudes toward the technology of cryptocurrencies have changed over the last few years — from dismissing it, to sizing it up to trying to protect their interests in it.

There are benefits for banks in fintech collaboration via application programming interfaces, but financial institutions should not let go of customer engagement.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday urged the 25 largest retail banks to make checking and saving accounts accessible to millions of unbanked Americans and help customers avoid overdraft fees.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday urged the 25 largest retail banks to make checking and saving accounts accessible to millions of unbanked Americans and help customers avoid overdraft fees.

A Texas-based collections law firm announced Wednesday that it has helped communities across the state collect an estimated $2.2 million in property taxes from Radio Shack as the company works its way through bankruptcy proceedings.

Payday lending in Alabama hasn't declined in the last six months despite ongoing complaints last year from consumer advocates to rein in the practice in the state, according to the Alabama Banking Department.

The industry's rapid change is shining a spotlight on middle and senior managers who inherit positions and often have to fix the messes — while maintaining the successes — of their predecessors.

A pair of former BBCN directors said they resigned due to issues with the company's corporate governance and the leadership of Chairman and CEO Kevin Kim. BBCN claims the directors, who voted against its planned acquisition of Wilshire Bancorp, resigned after they were informed of plans to remove them from the board.

Allegiance Bancshares in Houston has sold two branches to Incommons Bank in Mexia, Texas.

Eastern Bank has hired the Massachusetts market president of Citizens Bank, Quincy Miller, to be its chief banking officer.

Horizon Bancorp in Michigan City, Ind., has exited the Small Business Lending Fund program.