Retail & Commercial

Many banks and money transmitters have built successful billion-dollar businesses around P-to-P payments without social sharing and letting users send emojis.

Better access to credit, an improving revenue picture and promises of regulatory relief are bolstering the confidence of small-business owners.

Host Brett King reports from this week's LendIt conference in New York.

Bank of America is revamping its retail network and upgrading its ATMs as it rolls out a new type of branch that bridges the physical and digital worlds.

State Bank of Texas, which bought the failed Seaway Bank in January, is selling nine branches to Self-Help Credit Union.

Republicans repeatedly claim that the Dodd-Frank Act has hurt consumers by raising costs and hampering credit availability. But the data doesn't back that up.

The sale to Tokyo Century Corp. will help accelerate CIT's transformation into a more traditional small-business and middle-market lender.

The terminal and ATM maker, which is making a number of changes to its business, expecs the plant will be phased out by the end of the third quarter.

The mutual's conversion could bring in up to $22.5 million in proceeds.

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