Visa, 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.

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.

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

HarborOne Bank announced Wednesday that it will acquire Merrimack Mortgage Co. Terms of the transaction are undisclosed.

Ocwen Financial and Assurant have reached an agreement to settle charges that the embattled mortgage servicer profited from kickbacks on force-placed insurance policies with struggling homeowners.

A federal court has halted a sham operation that promised homeowners to help get their mortgages modified but instead allegedly stole their mortgage payments, thus ushering some deeper into foreclosure and bankruptcy.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is preparing to take the next step in its quest to create new rules for the short-term credit market.

Lawsuits filed against debt collectors have been dismissed in two federal district courts with the decisions holding that filing proofs of claim in bankruptcy cases on time-barred debt is not actionable under the FDCPA.

Supporting Apple Pay cuts into banks' profits. But it's worth it to stay relevant in today's fast-moving mobile payments business.

A GOP-led measure would have forced the Defense Department to do more study before finalizing regulations on high-cost loans to service members. It was quashed when five Republicans voted with Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee.

Circle Internet Financial, a Bitcoin wallet provider, is looking to expand to China with the help of new investor IDG Capital Partners, which joined the $50 million Series C investment the company just secured.

ACA International is supporting legislation and policy changes designed to help stop "Operation Choke Point" - the program in which the FDIC and Department of Justice reportedly applied pressure to financial institutions to cut off services to certain licensed, legally operating industries.

The compliance costs associated with the CFPB's proposed reforms to the payday lending would force many small businesses to close shop, reducing access to short-term credit for many Americans.

Community banks should consider agreeing to higher capital standards in return for a simpler capital compliance regime, Federal Reserve Board Gov. Daniel Tarullo suggested Thursday.

Wells Fargo has launched a tool that helps small business owners create and update business plans.

Financial industry groups are supporting the effort to stop the Pentagon from issuing new regulations on high-cost lending this year, while congressional Democrats and consumer groups are decrying it.

Royal Bancshares in Narberth, Pa., could have taken large writedowns and burned through capital to erase millions of dollars in bad assets. But management decided to hold onto those assets as it slowly ran off loans in a pair of shuttered business lines.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York Superintendent of Financial Services Benjamin Lawsky today proposed new regulations for the title insurance industry, including restrictions on meal and entertainment expenses.

Comerica in Dallas has promoted Curtis Farmer to president.