Retail & Commercial

CircleUp is offering lines of credit to early-stage consumer brands, which can often only get financing at high interest rates.

First Financial in Ohio is buying MainSource in Indiana — with a twist. MainSource's leader will become CEO.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is likely to finalize its small-dollar rule by September ahead of Director Richard Cordray's widely expected departure.

The Miami Lakes company’s chargeoffs of medallion loans increased fivefold, but profits rose thanks to gains in C&I, CRE and other types of loans.

The new Explore Visa card is seen as a "bridge" to more traditional banking services, said Regions' head of retail products and payments.

Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group has agreed to buy a majority stake in Virginia Community Bank in a rare instance of a nondepository mortgage company buying a bank, rather than the reverse.

Honors, accolades and giving back.

The Tulsa, Okla., company reported loan growth in all categories, including a 56% increase in personal loans.

The acquisition would be Valley's third in the Sunshine State since 2014 and would give the New Jersey company its first branches in Alabama.

A big part of the reason banks find it tricky to attract millennials is that not all millennials are attracted to the same thing.