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Howard Bancorp CEO Mary Ann Scully was so keen on buying 1st Mariner that she met with a representative of one of the Baltimore company's three largest shareholders before meeting with management, and she kept talking with them. It worked.

While fintech companies have helped change our understanding of what is possible in financial services, disruptors have largely ignored an important user base.

Along with increased efficiencies, one branch has seen membership nearly quadruple in less than a year.

With issuance of marketplace securitizations now exploding — rising 300% cumulatively in the past two years — the idea of online lending as a niche is quickly deteriorating.

Efforts to make it easier for small businesses to apply for SBA loans, coupled with key community banks' outreach initiatives, contributed to the third consecutive record for 7(a) lending, but credit union participation is still lagging.

The embattled company has begun offering cash bonuses to certain customers who open accounts, but at least for now pricey deposit rates would not ensure that customers stick around, executives said Friday.

From marketing recognition to scholarship awards and more, here's how credit unions are giving back to the communities they serve.

Fee income also surged as the San Francisco bank reached the $100 billion mark in wealth management assets.

The company agreed to buy Commercial Bancshares for $59 million in stock.

As market forces redefine much of the industry, similar to the effects of disruption in the retail sector, regulators should be embracing new banking models.

Wells Fargo took a surprise $1 billion charge in the third quarter for previously disclosed pre-crisis, mortgage-related regulatory investigations. It contributed to a 19% fall in profits.

Total revenue rose less than 1% to $21.8 billion, but expenses declined 2.5% to $13.1 billion. That computed to the highest profit at Bank of America in six years.

Men really should take more paternity leave. B of A's Cathy Bessant talks about lessons learned, from Equifax and from career setbacks. And Wells Fargo's Diane Schumaker-Krieg reminds us all that one tenet of effective management is rest.

Rising losses and chargeoffs at JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup could be an indication of future trouble at other banks. Still, executives are bullish on cards and argue that the loss rates are logical consequences of rate hikes and attempts to expand card business.

Banks such as Citigroup, Regions and TD have decided they need to offer mobile customers truly customized experiences. They are experimenting with different ways of doing so that come across as helpful without being intrusive.

Bob Ramsey, who had worked for FBR Capital Markets for more than a decade, will handle investor relations and strategic planning at Customers.

Consumers are looking for high-tech services, not just higher deposit rates, in deciding where to park their cash, a top JPMorgan executive said in discussing the company's explosive deposit growth in the third quarter — and whether it will continue.

The company had strong gains in construction lending and trust fee income, but its business lending operation had flat results.