The Columbus, Ohio, bank plans to cut the price to consumers who spend more than they have from $36 to $15. In another change designed to help customers who live paycheck to paycheck, it will start offering instant access to check deposits.

Chicago Title Insurance Co. and Chicago Title Co. LLC agreed to the payment to resolve a lawsuit brought by the bank, which said the firms had helped orchestrate a borrowing scam involving liquor licenses, according to a regulatory filing.

Some consumer protection initiatives, including those aimed at limiting overdraft charges and capping interchange fees, might have contributed to this lingering issue, a new Government Accountability Office report says.

Visa and Mastercard are set to cut interchange rates for some transactions, but merchants argue that they will still pay more overall and want Congress to put a stop to the card networks' plan.

Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., said at an American Bankers Association summit that if Republicans win majority control of the House in the upcoming congressional elections, they would “unleash the free market” by pursuing innovation-friendly policies.

The sale of Partners Bancorp in Maryland to OceanFirst Financial in New Jersey was expected to be approved by midyear. But regulators' reviews of the applications are taking longer than expected, meaning the companies can no longer “give any assurance as to the timing” of the deal's completion, Partners says.