Retail & Commercial

Mike Cagney’s current venture, Figure Technologies, is offering consumers the ability to apply online for home equity loans and get funding in as little as five days.

CIT Bank and Simple recently started offering higher yields on the condition that customers make regular contributions to savings. The offers are designed to help the banks avoid rate wars, but some analysts question whether they will appeal to enough consumers.

The three credit unions from Connecticut will receive a variety of services from the credit union service organization, including bill pay.

Customers say they like their bank, but in a customer survey banks significantly lagged retail brands like Amazon in ease of service and satisfaction.

First Merchants in Indiana would pass $10 billion in assets by acquiring MBT Financial in Michigan.

Proposition 10 would give local jurisdictions a freer hand to restrict rents, but critics say that would lead to property devaluations. Some see an effect regardless of whether the measure passes.

Hoosier Hills Credit Union now serves 35 counties and has roughly 29,000 members.

Millennials are targeting homeownership within the next few years, but many are buying into certain house-purchasing myths, according to Bank of America.

It's difficult to predict exactly what might be the next threat to the financial system. Here's a roundup of some prime suspects.

Big banks are expected to report that commercial lending weakened in the third quarter thanks to tax cuts, nonbank competition and seasonal factors. It raises questions about whether the second-quarter rally was an anomaly and if an overall economic slowdown is edging closer.