The search is on to replace Rich Weaver as commissioner of the Missouri Division of Finance.

Regional banks have been adding some serious firepower to their boards lately.

Keith Mestrich adds a CEO title, as Amalgamated Bank in New York finally announces a successor to Ed Grebow.

Dan Henry is in search of another "aha" moment. The former CEO of NetSpend is interested in staying in payments, but not necessarily in the prepaid cards niche.

SunTrust names Rilla Delorier's successor as CMO; Amalgamated settles on a new CEO, while NetSpend loses one; and lots of new high-profile board members at banks from New York to Hawaii.

Landmark Bank in Columbia, Mo., has raised $30 million through a private placement of common stock.

Summit Financial in Moorefield, W.Va., plans to raise roughly $12.8 million through a private placement and a subsequent rights offering.

Espirito Santo Bank in Miami has hired the investment banking firm FIG Partners to market it to prospective buyers.

BBVA Compass will likely face restrictions on M&A and branching after issues turned up in its recent CRA exam. Though a CRA rating downgrade is bad, some believe the foreign-owned bank is better off than banks that have had compliance issues arise after submitting a merger application.

WASHINGTON -Global Client Solutions, a large payment processor, has agreed to pay $7 million to settle charges by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that it illegally collected upfront fees from consumers on behalf of debt-settlement companies.

The company will pay more than $6 million in relief to consumers and a $1 million penalty if the proposed enforcement is approved.

Home prices increased in June, even as appreciation slowed, according to a report released Monday from Black Knight.

Freddie Mac expects housing demand and supply to increase through next year as the economy gradually returns to normalcy.

Sen. Sherrod Brown may give the country's biggest banks heartburn, but there are signs he's positioning himself as an industry ally ahead of a potential bid to run the Banking Committee.

CPI Card Group, a provider of EMV payment services, has agreed to acquire EFT Source, a provider of personalized ATM products.

An improved economy, hint of potentially higher interest rates and changing demographics are all aiding a lending rebound in the southern and western parts of the United States.

Health care systems have long looked for new ways to collect patient accounts, particularly as deductibles rise and patients find it more difficult to pay outstanding balances.

The SBA is committed to modernizing and simplifying its lending practices and, under the Obama administration, the agency has eliminated pages of regulations that were blocking the capital pipeline and hindering the growth of our economy.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. agreed to pay $3.15 billion to repurchase residential mortgage-backed securities to resolve federal claims tied to the sale of the bonds to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

The benefits of homeownership are often cited in policy debates, though it has some downsides. Following are the advantages and costs of homeownership for neighborhoods and communities, as summarized in a recent research paper by Jason Fichtner and Jacob Feldman at George Mason University.