Retail & Commercial

With its acquisition of the online pricing firm Paribus, Capital One continues a pattern in recent years of acquiring promising fintech startups.

About two-thirds of banks that close branches will lose deposit share in their impacted markets in time. Here's how to prevent customers from leaving your bank.

Subprime borrowers are falling behind on their car loan payments at the highest rate in more than six years, and some bonds backed by these loans are vulnerable to getting downgraded, according to S&P Global Ratings.

Bank holding companies in Alabama and Pennsylvania have changed or plan to change their names to more closely reflect the identities of their banks.

WASHINGTON — Eighteen Republican State Attorneys Generals sent a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau last week pushing back against the agency's proposal to rein in high-cost small-dollar loans.

The Wells Fargo scandal has given cross-selling a bad name, but experts say that, done right, it is a crucial revenue driver in this era of razor-thin net interest margins. Their advice: Only sell products that customers need and compensate employees for retaining customers, not simply opening accounts.

The ramifications for a U.S. Court of Appeals decision against the CFPB’s constitutionality go far beyond just the agency’s independence, and may have consequences for other federal agencies with similar structures. The ruling may also hamper the CFPB’s powers, including its ability to retroactively apply new rules.

Regions Financial in Birmingham, Ala., has introduced an online consumer lending product that it uses technology developed by Avant.

Large banks are outpacing community banks in deposit gathering because new liquidity rules make deposits more valuable to the biggest banks, mobile banking has been a deposit magnet for the heavyweights, and regional and midsize players hold certain advantages over smaller rivals, too.

The storm claimed at least 33 lives, though credit unions appear to have not suffered much — if any — significant damage.