The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency "underestimated" the risk of poor foreclosure practices at national banks and did not devote enough examination resources to identify those problems, according to the agency's chief watchdog.

Incensed shareholders and lawsuits triggered by failed say on pay votes aren't the half of it. Just wait until the expected M&A wave unleashes 'say on golden parachute' litigation.

C1 Bank is still waiting for someone to deposit $1 million and drive off with a car, but the free press from the promo — now expanded to include business clients — has enabled the Florida bank to suspend paid advertising on its name change.

Thomas Hoy has led the Glen Falls, N.Y., company since 1997. Thomas Murphy, who will become the company's president next month, is set to succeed Hoy when he steps down.

The Massachusetts company has grown in upstate New York by buying Rome Bancorp and opening about a dozen branches in recent years.

Banco Popular in San Juan, Puerto Rico, is nearing the finish line of its two-year project to rebrand itself in the continental U.S.

As leaders of church and national minority business organizations, few of our congregants or constituents understand or care about the Volcker Rule. Most, however, are concerned about the growing gap in compensation between the working poor and that of the CEOs of major banks, such as Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase.

New channels and data analysis are making it easier for financial institutions to reach people with thin credit histories.

Videoconferencing and ATM ID palm readers will soon be de rigueur at bank branches, according to experts at a recent event.

Even after adjusting for tax differences, S Corp banks generally outperform their C Corp peers.

Paul Stetter of Fulton Financial Advisors helped two brothers find capital to open a restaurant. He considered options based on their commercial and personal assets.

Columbia Bank CEO Melanie Dressel on growth that doesn't compromise the local touch.

Bharat Masrani is betting on branches at a time when many others are questioning their value. He explains why an aggressive U.S. expansion strategy sill makes sense for Canadian-owned TD Bank.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- The planning board got a look at site plans for the AmeriCU CU branch proposed for the site of the old Salvation Army store.

SEATTLE – Sound CU has sold the old headquarters of Watermark CU, the Seattle-based credit union it acquired through merger last year to create a $1.1 billion regional giant.

Abacus Federal Savings Bank and more than a dozen of its former employees are facing criminal charges related to a scheme in which it allegedly falsified information on mortgage applications so that unqualified borrowers could secure loans.

Orrstown Financial Services (ORRF) in Shippensburg, Pa., has been hit with a lawsuit alleging that it misled investors about its financial strength during its March 2010 stock offering.

Shareholders frown on United Financial's all-stock deal for healthy bank in good market.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Thursday it was seeking additional comments on the ability-to-repay rule, dashing expectations that a final rule would come by the end of June.

Newly initiated foreclosures by the Federal Housing Administration jumped 247% in April from a year earlier, while the overall number of foreclosure starts fell 3.1% in the same period.