VSB Bancorp (VSBN) in Staten Island, N.Y., reported higher quarterly profit on lower expenses and higher-yielding securities investments.

Push notifications offer banks and credit card issuers a unique way to communicate with a generation that's skeptical of the financial industry but fond of technology and hungry for deals.

The percentage of U.S. consumers who are late on their loan payments remained at near-record lows in the first quarter, though a key figure rose slightly from the fourth quarter. Meanwhile, payments on home equity lines fell to their lowest level in five years, according to a new ABA report.

Julian Castro, who was confirmed as the new secretary for housing and urban development, is bound to face continued industry lobbying to lower premiums paid to the Federal Housing Administration.

Creative alternatives to overdrafts are not the sole domain of big banks.

New York banks have been worried that Mayor Bill de Blasio's plans for affordable housing would hurt multifamily lending. But two recent city political decisions have been favorable for banks, and some CEOs say they're hopeful now.

OptimumBank Holdings (OPHC) in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is optimistic that raising roughly $850,000 will help it remain on the Nasdaq.

Berkshire Hills Bancorp recently recruited William Ryan, retired TD Banknorth CEO, leading some observers to discuss what role he might play in the Massachusetts company's growth plans.

The Maryland banker and former ICBA chair was a champion for changing how the FDIC assessed fees years before the Dodd-Frank Act altered the calculation. Other bankers recall Menzies' enthusiasm and zeal.

Banks can increase the efficiency of their mortgage businesses by requiring loan officers to generate leads from outside referral sources and assigning officers only to branches in markets with high origination potential.

Jim Harper, global policy counsel at the Bitcoin Foundation, wants the trade group's new lobbying firm, Thorsen French Advocacy to model their government relations work to his efforts in introducing Capitol Hill to PayPal in the early 2000s.

Australian financial authorities have updated a publication that is partly geared to ensuring collection activity is handled in keeping with the country's consumer protection laws.

F.N.B. Corp. (FNB) has moved its corporate headquarters to Pittsburgh.

A debt collection telephone scam in West Virginia is targeting consumers by summoning them to court over unpaid credit card accounts - debt that in most cases apparently does not exist.

A breakdown of M&A announcements in the financial services industry for the week ended July 5.

Mortgage applications rose last week led by an uptick in purchases even as 30-year interest rates climbed.

Overall U.S. consumer borrowing, including credit card borrowing, increased in May - primarily the result of Americans taking out more loans to buy cars.

Citigroup may reach an agreement with federal prosecutors as early as next week to resolve a probe into sales of mortgage-backed bonds before the 2008 financial crisis, a person familiar with the negotiations said.

Ginnie Mae executives are anxiously watching the congressional appropriations process to see if they can hire more personnel to beef up the agency's monitoring and risk management units.

Alternative payments provider ZipZap has added new Central and South America nations to its cash-to-Bitcoin network.