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Emdeon Inc. plans to secure a $1.2 billion covenant-lite term loan to help finance its $3 billion buyout by Blackstone Group.

The National Association of Realtors' leading indicator of future home sales slipped 1.3% in July, after rising the two previous months, which does not bode well for closings in August and September.

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Branch automation, smartphones, and social media enable a new level of service on the fly. But there's still room for more innovation, as GPS and other mobile technology expands.

Banks seemed to dodge the projected worst-case scenarios outlined for Irene due to a lighter punch from the storm and extensive contingency plans from management teams at banks from North Carolina to Maine.

Private equity firms and hedge funds are forcing the banks they invest in to clean up problem loans, and it's starting to show in the data.

Comerica is eliminating roughly 300 jobs in Houston in connection with its July acquisition of Sterling Bancshares.

Loans or other investments that "revitalize or stabilize federally designated disaster areas" could help boost banks' scores on Community Reinvestment Act exams, the FDIC said in a letter to institutions.

Deposits have hit their highest level in history despite efforts by banks to aggressively lower rates. Some are looking at new charges despite the risk of losing customers.

Bank of Commerce Holdings in Redding, Calif., has beefed up its payroll processing capabilities by acquiring a small payroll firm in its hometown.

It all seemed so simple. The cause of the financial crisis was that private label securitizers of subprime mortgage loans weren't required to "have enough skin in the game," so Dodd-Frank would require them to retain 5% of the risk.

The bank said in a press release that it would use the proceeds to further strengthen its capital position, support growth strategies and for general corporate purposes.

ICBA says fair-lending actions overstep legal authority by focusing outside a bank's CRA assessment boundaries.

In 2008 the Democratic nominee raised far more money from Wall Street than John McCain. But for 2012, the financial industry is favoring Mitt Romney over the incumbent president.

Community bankers say they'll continue offering free checking for the foreseeable future, even if they're not entirely happy about it. If they followed the big banks by adding fees or changing terms, "we'd lose the accounts," says one local banker.

U.S. Bancorp will add more than 300 employees in St. Louis by the end of the year largely to support its growth of mortgage lending in the area, according to a report in the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.

Verizon Wireless, AT&T Inc. and T- Mobile USA plan to invest more than $100 million in their joint venture that lets consumers pay for goods with mobile phones, people with knowledge of the project said.

The Western Union Co. announced Monday that it has formed a new division that will develop new payments products and services for its consumer and business clients.

Consumers have filed 7,923 lawsuits against collection agencies and creditors this year through August 15, a record-setting pace that easily tops the 7,169 lawsuits filed through the year-ago period.