Hovde Group in Chicago has hired two former Sandler O'Neill research analysts to lead its equity research group.

Women are losing ground in their fight to diversify the industry’s C-suites. It’s easy to see why, and a hard trend to reverse.

Higher-education collection agency ConServe, regularly named a top performing company by the U.S. Department of Education, is expanding in Western New York.

OmniAmerican (OABC) had a good problem earlier this year: competing offers from eager buyers. The Texas bank, which accepted a slightly smaller price from Southside Bancshares (SBSI), explained its reasoning in a regulatory filing. Here are the highlights.

Just because mortgage lenders are reducing credit score cutoffs doesn't mean they are recklessly increasing their risk exposure. The relationship between credit scores and borrowers' probability of default changes over time.

Potential bidders for one of the largest blocks of bitcoins ever sold said they are irked after the U.S. government accidentally outed their names in an e-mail.

Melissa Bean, a former three-term member of Congress, has been named chair of JPMorgan Chase's (JPM) Midwest business.

Popular Inc. (BPOP) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, has received regulatory approval to exit the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

The Texas-based company, owned and operated by a husband and wife, agreed to a $2.35 million penalty to settle charges it lied to consumer reporting agencies and charged consumers fees before providing any services.

Financial Services Roundtable CEO Tim Pawlenty discusses how banks can better sell themselves to new, young professionals, and how financial services firms are going to increasingly resemble technology companies.

Chemical Financial (CHFC) in Midland, Mich., expects to raise $70 million through the sale of common stock.

The Federal Housing Administration is on better financial footing thanks to an expected $418 million payment from SunTrust in a settlement resolving claims that the bank originated defective loans.

Nearly one third of retirement plan participants have borrowed against their savings, according to a survey released Wednesday by TIAA-CREF.

Meridian Bank Texas in Fort Worth has acquired State Bank & Trust in Carrolton, Texas.

M&T Bank (MTB) has been ordered to forfeit $560,000 that a teller laundered for drug traffickers.

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers is calling on the White House to select a nominee to the Federal Reserve Board with community banking experience.

Six directors resigned after the company contested an activist investor's successful effort to wrest board control. As a court battle looms and regulators watch, the company could struggle to find replacement directors.

Most people agree there are too many branches, but when a recent research report suggested exactly how many (lots) each bank should cut, bankers circled the wagons.

ViewPoint Financial Group in Plano, Texas, has pushed back the expected closing date for its purchase of LegacyTexas Group, citing a lengthy regulatory approval process.

Small home builders have noticed that lenders are more willing to make construction loans as banks clear their portfolios of bad credits left over from the housing bust.