A lack of communication allowed a number of banks to use funds from the small-business lending program to pay dividends or exit Tarp, Christy Romero wrote in a report issued Tuesday.

Wells Fargo will pay $850,000 to settle a class-action that charges the company docked workers' pay for credit checks that did not result in loans.

A spike in stock prices and lingering capital concerns should make bankers wary of buying back shares in the near term.

There were more deals announced in the Midwest than in any other U.S. region last year.

Uwharrie Capital Corp. (UWHR) in Albemarle, N.C., has repaid more than three-fourths of the money it took through the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is demanding that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac change rules to ensure that several thousand homeowners who got a temporary reprieve from paying their mortgage after Superstorm Sandy do not face a sudden spike in payments.

Mainstream banks have shied away from loans on manufactured homes because of high default rates, but a nonprofit group is asking them to take another look at the niche.

As regulatory scrutiny of third-party vendors is increasing, banks must improve their research and monitoring of the business they outsource.

Midwest BankCentre in Lemay, Mo., has warned its customers of a security breach, possibly involving its third-party vendors.

Mortgage servicers tied to the independent foreclosure review settlement will begin sending the first wave of $1.2 billion in checks to troubled borrowers on Friday, federal regulators said.

An honest debate over our "too big to fail" problem and a sound policy response are incompatible with a wait-and-see approach to the laws already on the books.

Rising stock prices, rebounding profits, restored dividends and a growing economy are signaling to U.S. banks it's time for more job cuts.

MasterCard faces a European Union antitrust probe into bank fees on foreign card payments such as when tourists go shopping in the 27-nation bloc.

Charter Financial Corp. in West Point, Ga., has converted to a fully public company.

A provision that would raise capital standards at both small and large banks could potentially hamper the legislative effort to break up the biggest institutions.

The Minneapolis company announced Monday that Rick Aneshansel would succeed Dan Arrigoni as the president of its U.S. Bank Home Mortgage unit. Arrigoni is set to retire June 30.

Even though prepaid cards are already widely considered a product for the underbanked, usage patterns are showing more clearly just how different prepaid card users are from bank customers.

WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has started taking consumer complaints on money transfers before it finalizes amendments to its remittance rule.

Union Bank in San Francisco has forged a deal that will give the company a further foothold on the East Coast.

The company announced two deals in the first quarter, ending a three-year drought after raising millions to buy banks.