FirstMerit (FMER) in Akron, Ohio, has named a president of its Michigan operations as it prepares to enter the state.

Citigroup (NYSE:C), the third-largest U.S. bank, named Peter Orszag chairman of its expanded financial strategy and solutions group while selecting Ajay Khorana and Elinor Hoover to co-lead the unit.

Too-big-too-fail worries in the U.S. make the full sale of Royal Bank of Scotland's Citizens Financial Group in Providence, R.I., highly unlikely, despite speculation about potential buyers.

Cambridge Bancorp in Massachusetts has added Donald Briggs, a specialist in retail real estate, to its board. Briggs is senior vice president of development for the Federal Realty Investment Trust.

Sen. Bob Corker released a statement downplaying an earlier report that suggested the lawmaker is "angling to broker a compromise" with President Obama over the confirmation of Richard Cordray as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Banks and thrifts are boosting their investments in bank-owned life insurance in an effort to keep pace with rising employee benefits costs and generate additional income.

Policymakers can shape the Dodd-Frank risk retention requirements in a way that brings private investment back to the multifamily mortgage business. The window of opportunity is short.

Radio silence from the CFPB on how it views the enforcement of fair lending laws is making community bankers nervous.

Capital Bank in Vineland, N.J., reported record earnings and a larger dividend.

The Bipartisan Policy Center has released a proposal that calls for a catastrophic government guarantee to backstop mortgages, similar to an idea first floated by the Treasury Department two years ago.

JPMorganChase (JPM) has promoted a regional executive to lead its commercial banking unit that serves midsize businesses.

Monday marked the 150th anniversary of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, a landmark the agency noted by touting its accomplishments.

Though regulators gave community banks an exemption for balloon mortgages, they carved out such a narrow definition that some banks would be forced to stop making them.

JPMorgan Chase (JPM) has persuaded a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit that sought tens of thousands of dollars in overtime pay for its assistant branch managers.

Home equity lending remains miles away from growth, despite anecdotal evidence of a comeback and rising real estate prices that are fortifying loans already on the books.

A century and a half ago, the National Bank Act was born with a mission to promote a strong, vibrant national banking system. What it created was a dual banking system that has been meeting the changing needs of bank customers ever since.

A California man has been accused of running a scheme to prevent banks from foreclosing on properties.

The Treasury Department has begun an auction for its Troubled Asset Relief Program stake in nine more banks.

Huntington Bank (HBAN) is joining with Michigan State University to give fans of the school's football team a new way to show their pride.

Visa is teaming up with phonemaker Samsung Electronics to provide a financial program to enable mobile handsets to be used like a credit or debt card.