Bank of Nova Scotia and Bank of Montreal, Canada's first two lenders to report third-quarter results, beat analysts' estimates after posting profit fueled by record results in Canadian banking.

Webster Financial in Waterbury, Conn., has promoted one of its executives to run its personal bank operations.

Former JPMorgan Chase & Co. trader Javier Martin-Artajo was arrested in Madrid, almost two weeks after U.S. prosecutors charged him with trying to hide trading losses that cost the bank more than $6.2 billion last year.

Suburban Chicago business owner Daniel Dvorkin had just been ordered to pay more than $8 million to a debt collector last year when he took a lucrative but deadly proposition to a gun shop owner he knew, according to prosecutors.

The Federal Reserve appeal of a judge's decision invalidating its interchange fee cap forestalls the prospect of a substantial cut in bank’s debit card revenue.

Hamilton State Bancshares in Hoschton, Ga., has agreed to buy Cherokee Banking in Canton, Ga.

SBT said Monday that Richard Sudol will succeed Anthony Bisceglio, who is retiring from the $382 million-asset company.

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network will continue discussions with the Bitcoin community after meeting with the Bitcoin Foundation and a host of regulators and law enforcement officers in Washington D.C. today.

The longtime chief operating officer at Bank of the Ozarks (OZRK) in Little Rock, Ark., is retiring.

WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau named new senior staff in four different divisions Monday.

U.S. Century Bank in Doral, Fla., has gained a pair of new investors and lost two others in the latest chapter of the struggling bank's $50 million recapitalization plan.

Michael Coyne, co-head of litigation for JPMorgan Chase, will become general counsel at Union Bank. He is the latest senior executive to depart JPMorgan as its legal and regulatory troubles mount.

The company, which lost millions of dollars after straying from core banking, has returned to its roots as a traditional banking around Philadelphia.

A Bitcoin trade group will meet today with the U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and an array of law-enforcement officials and regulators to discuss oversight of the digital currency.

The housing industry is stepping up behind-the-scenes lobbying to alter the housing finance bill sponsored by Rep. Jeb Hensarling and perhaps kill the legislation entirely.

A Bitcoin trade group will meet today with the U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and an array of law-enforcement officials and regulators to discuss oversight of the digital currency.

Community Bank Shares in New Albany, Ind., has lowered its cost estimates for integrating First Federal Bank in Lexington, Ky.

Western Sky Financial, an online loan company based on the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota, cites "unprecedented government interference" as the reason for laying off the majority of its employees.

Microsoft Corp.'s Microsoft Points, a virtual currency used to buy games and other digital media on its Xbox consoles, is being eliminated today.

Sun Bancorp (SNBC) in Vineland, N.J., has hired a veteran banking executive to become its chief credit officer.