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The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation closed the $54.7 million-asset Highland Community Bank in Chicago on Friday.

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Early signs point to a wave of Federal Housing Administration borrowers trying to tap into lower prices for mortgage backing.

The Justice Department has subpoenaed another subprime auto lender as it extends its investigation into the industry.

Seaway Bank and Trust in Chicago has entered into a consent order with state and federal regulators.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Friday announced four appointments to the agency’s leadership team

The focus on raising the $50 billion-asset threshold determining which banks face the toughest provisions is highlighting interest in letting more community banks enjoy exemptions written into the law.

A recap of the informed opinions (and the discussions they generated) on BankThink this week.

MasterCard will remove the current block on U.S.-issued card transactions in Cuba starting March 1, 2015.

Hacker groups like Anonymous have announced plans to target banks that are helping to finance ISIS and other terrorist organizations. But it is governments, banks and regulators that need to work harder at rooting out the sources of ISIS's funding.