Nothing demoralizes a good employee like seeing managers tolerate a bad one.

It's long been understood that there's a digital divide between Black banks and credit unions and other depositories. A new Urban Institute analysis looks at the prevalence of online banking services and mobile apps — and finds a chasm between the haves and have-nots.

Jodie Harris is leaving the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund this spring to be president of the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corp.

Reducing access to funding would harm both homebuyers and communities across the country.

Executives at Wayne Savings Bancshares and Main Street Financial grew progressively more comfortable with the idea of a deal during six months of talks, Wayne Savings CEO James VanSickle says.

Attorney General William Tong is asking state lawmakers to grant his office more power to investigate consumer complaints after problems marred M&T Bank's integration with People's United Financial.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has taken an important step in saying that it would work to root out unfair practices in all banking services. This is will help ensure all customers are treated fairly.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is attempting to make broad changes to its authority and expand what counts as discrimination. This could lead to banks to cease offering important services.

The Maryland bank is merging with Linkbancorp in a nearly $168 million deal that would create a $3 billion-asset company. The transaction comes just months after OceanFirst Financial and Partners nixed their merger plan, citing regulatory delays.

Driver Management Principal Abbott Cooper said the Dallas company failed to foresee the spate of interest rate hikes that have cut its profitability. Following the bank's latest rebuff, Cooper is threatening legal action.

Customers will enter or modify their financial goals in Life Sync, which will immediately alert their financial advisor. 

Buckeye State Bancshares near Columbus said it would buy cross-state rival Rockhold Bancshares. Only six such deals were announced in January, making it the slowest first month of a year for M&A since the financial crisis.

TD Bank estimates it hands out 20 million pens every year. Huntington is getting close to offering its 80 millionth pen. It's a way to get a bank's brand to travel with customers across the globe, but is it worth it?

The Canadian-owned bank is retiring its Hubert the Lion mascot, which Harris Bank originated more than a century ago. Other furry representatives have also faded out as the banking industry has become more nationalized.

If the industry's largest players reported more payment information to the credit bureaus, many consumers would qualify for better offers from competitors, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said. It's the latest example of the bureau's increased scrutiny of credit card companies.

Even the newest technological innovation cannot beat personal interactions when it comes to forging a deep and meaningful association with clients, which typically lasts for years.

Priscilla Sims Brown's values and experiences over a long and storied career were a perfect fit with Amalgamated Bank, where she became CEO in 2021.

BMO, PNC and Citigroup are all paying rates around 4% on high-yield digital savings accounts. To be eligible, though, customers must live outside of the banks' branch networks.

Brady Torgerson, former president of First Security Bank-West, was sentenced to two years in federal prison after pleading guilty to fraud at two banks.

Banks expect strong global consumption of U.S. oil and gas, driven in part by the supply strain that followed Russia's invasion of Ukraine.