As the gridlock in mortgage servicing starts to abate, how to quickly dispense with all that "real-estate owned" on banks' balance sheets is a quandary.

It makes sense that banks are focused on costs right now. What doesn't make sense is the way they are going about cutting them. It isn't too late for banks to get their priorities straight.

Will the acrimony over swipe fees keep banks and retailers from working together on mobile payments?

Efficiency ratios have been worsening for two years, with a slump in noninterest income driving much of the deterioration.

Heading into 2011, there were multiple signs that it would be an active year for bank mergers and acquisitions. But as we know, industry M&A fell well short of expectations.

Regulators closed Fidelity Bank in Dearborn, Mich., at a cost of about $93 million to the Deposit Insurance Fund.

Shares of Yadkin Valley Financial (YAVY) jumped nearly 10% Friday after an analyst identified the company as a possible "takeover target."

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Why did the Senate confirm Martin Gruenberg as a board member of the FDIC but not the agency's chairman? We seek to answer this and other questions, including how it will impact banks and the agency itself.

To borrow from Mr. Becker's disingenuous BankThink piece ("More Credit Union Business Lending Would Boost Economy"), it's time for our nation's leaders to get serious about credit unions.

Participants in a recent American Banker roundtable debate to what extent tougher supervision for banks above $50 billion of assets will deter deals among banks below the threshold.

New York Community would be paid $24 million to assume $2.3 billion of deposits from Aurora Bank, a former Lehman unit. The liquidity could be used to retire bonds coming due, Joseph Ficalora says.

Banks spend a great deal of money remodeling branches. Many fork over tens of millions of dollars on remodel initiatives every year, and some of the largest banks will spend over $100 million.

Legislators are considering a proposed tax overhaul that would move $30 million of taxes from community banks to larger banks. With smaller bills, community banks say they can lend more.

Porter Bancorp's loss for last year widened after the Louisville, Ky., company increased its loan-loss provision by $8.8 million.

First Mariner Bancorp has warned investors that it is in danger of failing.

U.S. Bancorp is pulling out of the private student loans market, as banking regulators step up their scrutiny of the products. JPMorgan Chase is also cutting back on student lending.

BancTrust Financial Group (BTFG), a troubled Mobile, Ala., company that is looking for a buyer, has bought itself time to find one after reaching a deal to delay interest payments on a $20 million loan outstanding to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) may be based in Canada, but its U.S. operations have become increasingly important to the future of the company — and of its employees.

The Justice Department's latest fair lending report shows the agency has no signs of slowing its enforcement activity, which peaked in 2011 with the help of banking regulators.