Bridge Bancorp in Bridgehampton, N.Y., reported higher quarterly earnings following the acquisition of FNBNY Bancorp earlier this year.

Opus Bank's expansion into new areas of lending helped pushed its loans up 44% in the second quarter from a year earlier.

Apple Inc. has reinstated the Blockchain bitcoin wallet application to its App Store almost six months after booting the popular program.

As lenders make riskier loans, they're banking on improvements in their ability to track delinquent borrowers' cars to keep losses to a minimum.

Capitol Federal Financial in Topeka, Kan., reported a higher quarterly profit as costs for Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings and compensation declined.

WASHINGTON — The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Monday that it has withdrawn a list of merchant categories, including payday lenders, debt consolidation firms, pornography businesses and others, that it said warranted heightened attention by banks processing their transactions.

Independent Bank Corp. in Ionia, Mich., reported lower second quarter earnings as income related to mortgages fell dramatically.

Old National Bancorp in Evansville, Ind., has agreed to acquire Founders Financial in Grand Rapids, Mich., for $88.2 million in cash and stock.

Zions Bancorp. in Salt Lake City is planning to raise $525 million in fresh capital to satisfy regulators' concerns about its ability to withstand a severe economic downturn.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine countered criticism of alleged favoritism in the state's debt collection program by announcing his office had a record year in collecting money owed to the state.

The solar industry is still developing, but Mercatus CEO Haresh Patel has suggestions for banks that want to get in on it now.

Under CEO Betsy Cohen, The Bancorp is plugging alternative financial services upstarts into the banking system. But a regulatory hiccup could hinder growth.

Covenant-Lite was a hot trend in 2007. It turns out that was just the beginning.

Theories abound. So do bankers' frustrations. And regulators like FinCEN Director Jennifer Shasky Calvery promise the toughened stance is here to stay.

Performance among banks and thrifts with $2 billion to $10 billion of assets has not changed much over the past year, judging from our annual ranking.

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GreenChoice Bank in Chicago is the fourteenth failure this year. An investment group seeking to establish an environmentally friendly bank saved the thrift from collapse four years ago, but it fell on hard times again.

Banks can't live with commercial lending and can't live without it these days, two earnings reports Friday showed. First Niagara's commercial loans rose while TCF's fell. But TCF's margin is much higher and fell less sharply than First Niagara's.

Prosperity Bancshares in Houston reported record profits in the second quarter as two recent acquisitions substantially boosted interest and fee income.

It sounds liked a great business formula: home loans soared at several megabanks last quarter after they spent months cutting thousands of jobs to save costs. But executives remain concerned about profit potential because market shifts and new regulations are making mortgage lending more expensive.