Associated will gain low-cost deposits and branches in 13 new markets after the deal closes.

Jason Brown explains why his company, Tally, helps consumers by paying their monthly balances, providing advice and offering a lower-rate credit line.

Nearly 60% of people thinking about switching banks would be open to banking with a big tech company if they ever get that option. Cash incentives or existing savings accounts are big factors in consumer decisions — and things that banks could keep in mind in their efforts to recruit or retain customers.

Wells Fargo charges students nearly four times as much in fees as banks without college marketing agreements, according to an internal report by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Several challenger banks are trying to relieve consumers’ financial stress by offering tools that guide better habits.

The former head of Heritage Oaks Bancorp says she relishes a chance to reinvent Luther Burbank, a thrift that wants to make more commercial loans — a shift she has deftly orchestrated before.

On Sep. 30, 2018. Dollars in thousands.

On Sep. 30, 2018. Dollars in thousands.

Uniti Financial focuses on the Korean-American community through three offices around Los Angeles.

Everything from fintechs to Amazon are threatening the financial services industry. Credit unions need a plan in place to keep up.

The regulatory agencies are the last word on an exemption from the proprietary trading ban, and there are no signs they will expand it beyond small institutions.

It’s still primarily a commercial bank, but the branding campaign — CIT’s first in a dozen years — is designed to appeal to the group driving its torrid deposit growth: retail savers.

The New Jersey bank is offering fintechs ways to stay compliant with consumer protection regulations.

The regional bank is working with customers to help develop and launch new products, including a small-business credit card.

The New Jersey company terminated an acquisition after being hit with the order in 2016.

The company has agreed to by $145 million for Bridgeview Bancorp.

A recent report – supported by the National Council of Postal CUs – says the USPS is ill-equipped to manage the risks involved in offering banking services.

According to data from the NCUA, the industry had double-digit increases in several key metrics even as the number of institutions continued to decline.

An eight-month-old consent order appears to be forcing the San Francisco bank to grapple more deeply than it did previously with the many failures that led to its account-opening scandal.

Merchants has agreed to buy NattyMac, a company it has been in business with since 2014.