New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has filed a complaint alleging Barclays PLC (Barclays) has deceived electronic trading investors.

Bank of America (BAC) plans to lay off 540 more mortgage employees in Charlotte, N.C.

The long-awaited rebound in credit card loans has arrived, fueled by looser credit standards and a larger appetite for debt among U.S. households.

Westfield Bank is planning to expand its commercial lending presence in western Massachusetts.

The ATM maker Diebold is buying encryption technology company Cryptera to enhance its portfolio in automated teller machine security.

Insurance executive Kenneth Shapiro on the new parallels between insurance and banking.

BancorpSouth (BXS) in Tupelo, Miss., has named a new president as part of a broader redesign of its management structure by Chief Executive Dan Rollins.

Simmons First National (SFNC) in Pine Bluff, Ark., must sell one branch as part of its acquisition of Delta Trust & Banking in Little Rock, Ark.

The Supreme Court ruled against Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) in a lawsuit filed by employees claiming the bank mismanaged their retirement investments.

The Federal Reserve said Regions Bank will pay a $46 million misconduct penalty for incorrectly identifying and reporting nonperforming loans and that three former employees will be sanctioned while avoiding prosecution.

A growing number of community banks are adopting bank-owned life insurance as a way to counter shrinking loan margins and diminished returns on other investments. BOLI can also help banks that are trying to meet higher capital requirements.

The House Financial Services Committee remains divided, largely along party lines, over whether to renew the charter of the Export-Import Bank of the United States.

Intuit has added PayByCoin, a free extension for QuickBooks Online that allows business owners to accept Bitcoin.

U.S. Bancorp (USB) in Minneapolis has hired a president and chief executive for its asset management subsidiary.

CIT Bank has agreed to buy Direct Capital in Portsmouth, N.H., in an effort to expand in lending to small and midsize businesses.

Opus Bank (OPB) in Irvine, Calif., is turning its health care banking into a national operation.

The regulator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (FMCC) will conduct a series of town-hall events to convince hundreds of thousands of U.S. borrowers with little or no equity in their homes to refinance.

A Houston collection agency and its president and sole shareholder agreed to a federal court order and $4 million penalty for bullying consumers into paying debts and unnecessary fees.

The GSEs make mortgages? Banks don't? For an economics professor who has made the causes of the housing collapse a central campaign issue, David Brat sure doesn't sweat the details.

City National Bank in Los Angeles has agreed to sell its retirement services business to OneAmerica, an insurance and asset management firm.