Retail & Commercial

Examiners could have done more to minimize the brunt to the Deposit Insurance Fund from Washington Federal Bank for Savings, which hid fraudulent loans and will cost the fund more than $80 million, according to a report from the Treasury’s inspector general.

Payday lenders argue that banks cut ties with their industry due to pressure from biased and hostile regulators. But the reality, in some cases, may be more nuanced.

Raises for the rank and file have fueled investor complaints that banks aren’t keeping a lid on expenses. Executives say the pay increases have lowered turnover and improved customer service.

Will it be a bigfoot from Amazon, Google and Apple, or death by a thousand bites from niche rivals? Or can banks and credit unions rally and fend off the insurgents?

Staffers at the bank's flagship, multilevel branch in Manhattan say wearable tech has proven ideal for discreet communication among each other to speed customer service.

The head of the Consumer Bankers Association lays out four industry priorities for the regulatory push to overhaul the Community Reinvestment Act.

Data that exists as static facts and figures on a spreadsheet often has little in-the-moment value. But when it's real-time and expressed as a dynamic visualization, it becomes instantly digestible and increasingly actionable, according to Michael J. Alfonsi, senior vice president of digital solutions and strategy at Exela Technologies.

Blake Edwards Jr. will take the helm at the parent of Skyline National Bank when J. Allan Funk retires next month.

Will it be a bigfoot from Amazon, Google and Apple, or death by a thousand bites from niche rivals? Or can banks rally and fend off the insurgents?

Banking industry groups said they were vindicated by the defeat of the ballot measure, but public banking advocates plan to keep pushing the idea.