The McLean, Va., company said that the personnel moves were unrelated to either its financial performance or its risk performance.

The payments company will pay $321 million for Crestmark Bank, a commercial lender that focuses on asset-based lending, equipment finance and government-guaranteed loans.

Lower taxes mean more earnings, higher capital levels and perhaps a psychological boost for buyers.

The Boston mutual touted Deborah Jackson's role in promoting social justice and sustainability causes.

Despite impending data requirements, many small banks are still struggling with automating loan risk calculations.

J. Mark McWatters of the National Credit Union Administration will have no favorites among community financial institutions.

Calling the move "depressing," Chairman Ken LaRoe said the decision to stop working with medical marijuana firms came after certain investors objected. Recent moves by the federal government cemented the call.

Consumers are on the cusp of a seismic change in our relationship with the automobile, one that will have significant implications for stakeholders in the banking and payments landscape.

The company tapped a new president for the business, which it will also rebrand, after hiring a team from Scottrade Bank in Missouri.

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United will pay $130 million for NLFC Holdings, the parent company of Navitas Credit.

The milestone marks the end of a seven-year-long recovery in the credit card market that followed the Great Recession.

All four credit unions are located in the Southern U.S. and have assets of less than $130 million

A number of banks, especially those with extra real estate on their hands, are trying to capitalize on the co-working craze to appeal to fledgling companies that could become success stories — and their customers.

MidSouth Bancorp in Lafayette, La., has appointed one of its regional executives to the newly created post of chief banking officer and moved to appoint a veteran turnaround banker to its board.

Many low-wage employees continue to be paid by paper check. WiseWage has built an online portal on the idea that workers and their employers have a shared interest in electronic paychecks.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau complaints dropped last year for most of the big banks, including Wells Fargo, though they rose sharply at Capital One.

Rather than jump right away into lending to car buyers, Access National will start by offering CRE and M&A financing to dealerships.

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The Trump administration should not name J. Mark McWatters as head of the consumer agency, given his lack of experience overseeing commercial banks and his leadership of the National Credit Union Administration, a cheerleader for the industry it supervises.