FARMINGVILLE, N.Y. – Teachers FCU, Long Island’s biggest credit union, opened a new branch in Hauppauge on Monday, the $4.1-billion credit union’s 23rd service facility.

In our increasingly detached world, where folks spend more time staring at little screens in their hands than interacting with people, the things that create real customer relationships are as simple as ever.

The aggressive Massachusetts bank shows there are multiple ways to grow, including acquisitions of banks and talent.

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Edward DeMarco, acting director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, on Tuesday named Richard Hornsby as chief operating officer and Jon Greenlee as deputy director of enterprise regulation.

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A Maryland bank is planning a $5 million initial public offering, while a Massachusetts mutual holding company is looking to take the second step in its conversion to become fully public.

The ubiquitous bank for the Hispanic community positions itself for an expanded demographic within the U.S.

Farmers in the Corn Belt are making record profits off of their land thanks to a high demand for corn in both domestic and global markets. Is this the next bubble?

Most people did not observe Bank Transfer Day, a survey found, but customers who follow through on plans to close accounts could still sting banks.

Eagle CEO Ron Paul discusses his bank's growth strategy after terminating a planned acquisition of Alliance Bankshares.

MasterCard Inc. and Western Union Co. are expanding a program that lets customers send money via prepaid cards, the companies said on Tuesday.

Associated Bank in Green Bay, Wis., has agreed to pay $13 million to exit a class-action lawsuit that accuses it and other banks of processing debit card transactions in a manner that maximized fees from overdrafts.

Bank of the West plans to almost double the size of its small-business banking team during the next year.

The banking industry is strongly supporting a bill that would allow independent appeals of examinations — an idea anathema to banking regulators.

An OWS subgroup discusses what would constitute a truly “alternative bank,” how much could be borrowed from the credit union, community bank and mutual models, and how to take it several steps beyond.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is seeking input on ways to streamline regulations under the consumer financial laws it inherited from other regulators under the Dodd-Frank Act.

The Federal Reserve Board has approved the sale of Home State Bancshares Inc. in McPherson, Kan., to Goering Management Co.

By purchasing Bonneville Bank, prepaid company Green Dot will be putting itself under the scrutiny of traditional banking regulators. But it may escape increased oversight from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

As it expands its range of services to serve a footprint dominated by troubled banks, City National is charting a recovery and preparing for more complex reporting requirements. That’s where a new tech strategy comes in.