Retail & Commercial

The Seattle-based company, which had made home loans for more than a century, announced it was quitting the mortgage business in January. It booked nearly 400 small business loans in the first quarter and expects that total to grow as its team gains traction.

A string of senior resignations and scrutiny over share sales rocked Bank of America's local operations last year.

The Pittsburgh bank has been looking for the right target to acquire at the right time. But top company executives said Tuesday that deals are likely off the table in the near term because of uncertainty about the direction of tariff policy and interest rates.

Affirm is reporting consumers' buy now/pay later loans to Experian, following a February study with FICO. It's one of the first steps in credit reporting for BNPL, potentially complicating banks' assessments for other types of lending.

The Buffalo, New York-based bank also said Monday that the commercial real estate lending market has started showing signs of life, but that the renewed competition is crimping its loan growth.

The U.K. challenger bank's Engine tech unit has registered in Delaware and will soon begin hiring a small staff on the East Coast. It faces the stiff challenges all new core banking software providers face in this country.

Just as two North Carolina universities have dominated college basketball in recent decades, two banks from the Tar Heel state have dominated much of U.S. banking since 1990, turning Florida, especially, into a "banking colony."

More than 1.4 million small businesses bank with U.S. Bank, according to the company, and it's now offering help with managing expenses and accepting payments.

Lower credit costs and better expense control helped the San Francisco-based titan offset the impact of lighter-than-expected revenue.

A former TD Bank employee pleaded guilty to a felony in connection with a check-fraud scheme; EWA provider DailyPay filed a lawsuit against New York Attorney General Letitia James; First Citizens BancShares ended the shared-loss agreement it made with the FDIC after acquiring Silicon Valley Bank; and more in this week's banking news roundup.