The purchase of NetSpend, which came at a hefty price for TSYS, signals that the prepaid card industry has come into its own.

Short sales continue to dominate relief efforts under the national mortgage settlement, and Californians continue to receive the bulk of the benefits.

A former leader of a Mormon congregation in Connecticut has pleaded guilty to charges he laundered hundreds of thousands of dollars through a bank that received funds from the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Broadway Financial in Los Angeles has unloaded a package of loans in an effort to boost its asset quality.

ATMs can serve as more than cash dispensers for gift cards — they can dispense the cards as well, Better ATM Services Inc. says.

VICTORVILLE, Calif. – Alaska USA FCU has relocated its branch in Big Bear Lake, Calif., to inside a Vons supermarket, across from the old branch.

Capital One (COF) is expanding its board of directors with the addition of two banking industry veterans, including a former top official of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Recovering home prices have helped shrink underwater home equity loans, but such uncollateralized assets are still large when measured against Tier 1 common equity at the Big Four banks.

Financial Institutions (FISI) has ended its months-long search for a new chief executive with the promotion of an insider.

The founder and chief executive of Bankers' Bank Northeast in Glastonbury, Conn., is retiring.

Consumers are still at risk from small-dollar loans with high fees or that roll-over debt, an advisory council warned the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking to sell securities tied to new U.S. home loans without government backing in its first offering since the financial crisis that the debt helped trigger.

A regulatory plan that changes how banks must account for holdings on their books is stirring anxiety in the financial services industry that it may force banks to make a premature decision about what they intend to do with an asset.

Two large community banks merging in South Carolina could create the next Southeast regional player and acquirer of choice.

Less than a year after stepping down as chairman of Atlantic Coast Financial (ACFC) in Jacksonville, Fla., Jay Sidhu is seeking to oust three members of the company's board and replace them with a new slate of directors.

Many problems with payday products are concocted by activists and politicians with mercenary intent who are more interested in squelching innovation than letting people make choices for themselves.

More regional and community banks have selling noncumulative perpetual preferred stock to bolster Tier 1 capital and fund expansion.

After 10 years of helping to build up expectations at PNC, Bill Demchak will have to surpass them after he becomes CEO this spring.

First Financial Bankshares (FFIN) in Abilene, Texas, has agreed to buy Orange Savings Bank in Orange, Texas.

JPMorgan Chase (JPM) is facing another call from institutional investors to separate the roles of chairman and chief executive.