Retail & Commercial

Some of the biggest banks on Wall Street are expected to go to trial in Illinois next month to face allegations they inflated interest rates on bonds to finance public works.

New regulations on small-dollar lending are leaving consumers with few viable options when they need emergency access to cash.

The Cleveland-based regional bank recently announced a $20 million line of credit for Lendistry, a Los Angeles-based, minority-led community development financial institution.

Citigroup executive Jay Collins says the company is "absolutely interested" in arranging new deals in the market for debt-for-nature swaps, which allow countries to restructure their debt in exchange for promises to protect the environment.

We surveyed 164 professionals at banks and credit unions to find out their tech agenda for this year, including investment plans, tech priorities and thoughts on transformational tools. Here's what we found out.

Twenty lenders from across the country are participating in Underwriting for Racial Justice, a collaborative effort to develop new criteria that will enable marginalized borrowers to gain access to credit.

California Bankers Association taps insider as next CEO, Spotify cuts off subscribers who use Apple's high-cost payments, Relay Payments backs auto-racing team and more in this week's banking news roundup.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Treasury Department and the Department of Health and Human Services released a request for comment on medical debt financing products. At the same time, the White House said that the agencies will explore whether efforts to sign up customers are breaking the law.

Deposits of Listerhill and Avadian credit union customers were compromised by fraud conspirators, one instance in a rise of card skimming cases across the country.

The acquisition of Malvern Bancorp, expected to close this month, would hasten First Bank's efforts to further fortify its footprint stretching from Philadelphia to New York City.