Retail & Commercial

For First Foundation, the government-backed program should help address a recent CRA exam's criticism that it has "poor penetration among businesses of different revenue sizes."

Blue Hills Bancorp in Norwood, Mass., expects to record a third-quarter chargeoff tied to a commercial borrower that may have committed fraud.

Provident Financial Holdings in Riverside, Calif., has restated earnings from its most-recent quarter after it booked higher loan-origination costs.

Community Savings in Caldwell, Ohio, has begun the process to convert from a mutual thrift to a stockholder-owned company.

Two big investors in Heritage Commerce have converted some of their ownership in the San Jose, Calif., company to common stock.

Under pressure from regulators and investors, banks that tout their sales cultures may have no choice but to follow Wells' lead and stop rewarding branch employees for hitting sales targets.

First Midwest Bancorp in Itasca, Ill., has entered a sale-leaseback agreement with Oak Street Real Estate Capital in Chicago.

Banks will report quarterly results in about a month, and big-bank chiefs cautioned that lending is sluggish because businesses have little desire to take on more debt amid economic and political uncertainty.

It would be hard for traditional institutions to close the gap with Venmo, but there is room for competition with the mobile payments app beloved by millennials … and nine other insights about this generation of digital natives.

With prolonged low interest rates, Centric Bank is targeting niche groups while eyeing ways to poach customers from recent sellers in Pennsylvania.