Retail & Commercial

The FDIC is seeking comment on how to encourage small-dollar lending at banks, signaling a course change from guidance it issued five years ago restricting such loans.

Blue Hills Bancorp in Massachusetts completed a second-step conversion and was poised to bulk up on acquisitions. It struck its one and only deal this fall — and it was not the kind it had in mind.

A new study from CUNA Mutual Group finds a disconnect between consumer sentiments and their financial behaviors.

The online-only bank hopes new leadership can help it overcome its rocky past three years.

The agency’s flawed methodology for determining interest rate caps on certain accounts poses risks for banks offering free, low-deposit checking and the financial system more broadly.

As the Latham, N.Y., credit union adds branches, it plans to put an emphasis on service, rather than transactions.

The Mississippi bank will pay up to $100 million to expand in southwest Alabama and Dallas.

The Arkansas company will pay $170 million to buy Reliance Bancshares.

The online lender will roll out its first new product in 12 years, a home equity line of credit. But it's taking a different approach than with its original offering.

The California company will pay $280 million for Leerink Holdings, which focuses on health care and life science firms.