Retail & Commercial

One of the hottest bank technologies is already repeating mistakes of decades past and showing just how far banks have to go to catch up with the times. Here is one easy way to make this emerging tech more appealing to today's customers.

The London-based banking giant has named Vivek Yadav chief administrative officer, and Jeremy Balkin as the new head of innovation.

Can banks outdo online lending startups in head-to-head competition? We're about to find out. Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo and Quicken have all entered the digital lending business, putting early entrants on the defensive.

As banks grow and their business models become more complex, some find that adding a general counsel to the staff makes sense. Bank SNB in Stillwater, Okla., says hiring one allowed it to reduce its legal fees by 80%. Here are the pros and cons.

Mortgage brokers were among the companies that received the regulator's warning letters, but brokers are not required to report HMDA data — leading many to suspect mini-correspondents, which straddle the line between broker and lender, were the recipients.

The Bancorp's stock fell nearly 15% Friday after the Wilmington, Del., company reported a large quarterly loss tied to a bad commercial real estate loan.

The Cincinnati bank is looking to middle-market lending in the Charlotte area to fuel future expansion, CEO Greg Carmichael says. The timing may be right, given disruption from M&A, as well as the Wells Fargo scandal fallout.

The $11.2 billion-asset Banc of California said in a press release Friday that it sold the division the $4.4 billion-asset Hanmi. The companies did not disclose the price.

Samsung sees banking as a long game, and Samsung Pay is its first move. As mobile banking grows, the Korean electronics company believes financial services is ripe with opportunity.

Back in the black and looking increasingly healthy for the first time in a decade, First Mariner is poised to accelerate growth next year.