An examination of the details in the B of A settlement shows many examples of risky behavior, including mortgage applications that were underwritten with "shadow" guidelines that allowed exceptions to approve almost any loan.

Bitcoin wallet and merchant services provider Coinbase has insured the bitcoins it holds against theft and loss.

National Association of Retail Collection Attorney’s President Joann Needleman has been appointed to serve on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Consumer Protection Advisory Board.

China Huarong Asset Management is tentatively set to go public later this year.

A judge had ordered Joseph Stilwell to appear in court and respond to a subpoena from the Securities and Exchange Commission tied to a securities fraud investigation.

All banks, regardless of size, must invest more in technology despite shareholder pressure to cut costs, said Victor Nichols, a former CIO at Wells Fargo and current director at Bank of Hawaii.

The Federal Trade Commission announced Thursday the winners of its "Zapping Rachel" robocall contest held earlier this month at the DEF CON 22 hacking conference.

The median price of a residential home sold in July soared from a year ago but there are warning signs.

BNC Bancorp in High Point, N.C., has filed to sell up to $150 million in securities. The $3.7 billion-asset company said in a filing Tuesday that it could issue common and preferred stock, debt securities and other securities from time to time.

Regions Financial in Birmingham, Ala., should save some money after deciding against filling a soon-to-be-vacant executive post.

Northwest Bancshares in Warren, Pa., has promoted two executives and eliminated a pair of high-level positions.

Ginnie Mae President Ted Tozer took issue with a government watchdog report that criticized both his agency and the government-sponsored enterprises for failing to catch the massive fraud at Taylor, Bean & Whitaker.

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce said third-quarter profit rose 4.9 percent as buoyant markets boosted wealth-management earnings and the lender won investment-banking business from oil and gas companies.

Toronto-Dominion Bank, Canada's largest lender by assets, said third-quarter profit rose 38 percent on higher earnings from domestic consumer lending and investment banking.

Imagine arriving at an international airport and one of the first greetings you get is from your bank, welcoming you to the new country and saying where to find free ATMs.

American Express and Discover Financial Services once again were kings of the mountain in an annual survey of consumers' experience with credit cards.

First Bancorp in Southern Pines, N.C., will close 10 branches in three states.

Russian hackers attacked the U.S. financial system in mid-August, infiltrating and stealing data from JPMorgan Chase & Co. and at least one other bank, an incident the FBI is investigating as a possible retaliation for government-sponsored sanctions, according to two people familiar with the probe.

A bulletin from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau outlining new policies for mortgage servicing transfers has the industry on alert for another possible round of rulemaking coming down the pike.

Bank of America has lost more than $60 billion on its acquisition of Countrywide, including the cost of last week's big settlement with the Justice Department. But its issues are hardly over. The pain will continue for years as it has hundreds of thousands of delinquent, unsellable mortgage loans to work through.