Retail & Commercial

Federal Home Loan banks have significantly increased their lending to large financial institutions in the post-crisis years, but it’s doubtful this activity will create undue systemic stress because it has displaced other, riskier forms of bank funding.

The company will add $600 million in assets under management when it buys a Roanoke, Va., firm.

The online lender to small businesses is expanding its business deeper into traditional banks’ territory with larger loans.

Speculation has existed for a while that JPMorgan Chase could be the first of the megabanks to name a woman chief executive, but the elevation of executives Daniel Pinto and Gordon Smith to co-presidents and co-COOs seemed to put them in the lead to succeed Jamie Dimon.

The acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau can utilize "look-backs" of mortgage servicing and underwriting rules to push for significant changes.

The divestitures are necessary to get the Justice Department to sign off on First Financial's $1 billion purchase of MainSource Financial.

The Alabama bank has named one of its own to head up the company’s property and casualty insurance business, and it has made a key hire in its health care banking group.

The credit union saw net income of nearly $3 million during Q4 and more than $11 million for the year.

Long called the bread and butter of credit unions, auto lending will remain a key offering, but a number of factors could point to a slowdown in the year ahead.

The Texas company will gain four branches and $160 million in loans after the acquisition closes.