Retail & Commercial

Joe Petitti and Jack Knight formerly held leadership posts at First Republic.

The Alabama bank agreed to buy Peoples Bank for $23 million as part of a plan to target new Southeastern markets.

The Rosemont, Ill., bank rode loan growth, interest rate trends and noninterest-income gains to a double-digit increase in profits in the first quarter.

Lawmakers should not toss out an agency rule aimed at curbing auto dealer markups that adversely impact borrowers of color.

Profits soared at the Dallas bank as recent interest rate hikes and ongoing expense cuts outweighed weakness in the company’s loan book and in its fee income.

Fed vice chair wants to put stress test scenarios out for comment by banks; C&Is outstanding at record level in March.

Chris Marshall, a former CFO at Capital Bank Financial, will help Tax Guard recruit bank and nonbank clients. The firm uses technology to let lenders know if potential clients owe money to the IRS.

Artificial intelligence may help rescue donations from paper's retreat, and give a fintech startup an icebreaker with small banks that haven't embraced automated payments.

A class action filed last week alleges that Renovate America and Renew Financial failed to provide consumer protections promised to L.A. County, that this constitutes elder abuse, and the county is complicit.

Sixty-four consumer groups are speaking out against a Senate measure, expected to be voted on this week, that would overturn the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's 2013 regulation on discriminatory pricing by auto lenders.