Retail & Commercial

The bank also agreed to pay a $5 million fine to settle allegations over how it obtained consumers' consent.

Spirit of Texas Bancshares has agreed to buy Comanche National. This would be Spirit's first acquisition since going public earlier this year.

Despite some green shoots in key credit segments, total loan growth was light at many banks last quarter. Rate hikes are threatened, and deposits will get pricier — where will the earnings come from?

Avidia Bank in Massachusetts collaborated with Exhibit 'A' Brewing to produce and sell an IPA as part of a plan to boost marketing to small businesses and millennials.

Citi and other banks are investing in automation aimed at speeding up the old-fashioned process for institutional clients' receivables and payables.

The Birmingham, Ala., bank also saw lending decline in the quarter as strategic reductions in certain business lending lines offset gains in C&I and consumer.

That helped push total lending growth to 4% and contributed to strong second-quarter earnings at the Providence, R.I., company.

The company will no longer originate indirect auto loans outside of Florida and Georgia.

The agency’s consumer complaints database must remain available to the public to help prevent further abuses.

Yet margin improvement proved to be the decisive factor in a strong quarter in which total lending was flat.