Retail & Commercial

Regions Financial, Alabama's biggest bank, reached a preliminary agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to resolve an investigation into mortgage abuses.

Distributed ledgers have the potential to simplify and strengthen bank regulatory oversight when applied in the appropriate context, such as during the Shared National Credit examination program.

Despite ongoing challenges, executives at community banks believe they can boost revenue this year. At the same time, pressure is mounting to build scale, which could mean more consolidation.

Independent mortgage banking and brokerage firms added a whopping 5,900 fulltime employees to their payrolls in June, according to a report issued Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Banks must use analytics — rather than customer surveys — to determine what does and what does not inspire prospects to become customers.

Susan Ralston plans to stay with Dollar Bank after the Pittsburgh mutual absorbs Bank @tlantec in Virginia Beach, where she is CEO. The longtime executive also plans to keep pushing for reforms designed to preserve the mutual banking model.

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SouthCrest Financial Group in Woodstock, Ga., has found a new leader after his predecessor departed eight months ago.

Green Dot profits more than doubled to $8 million in the second quarter as revenues rose slightly and expenses ticked down.

During a conference call with analysts on Thursday, executives at Ally Financial sought to dispel concerns that losses may soon rise in the lender's $63 billion retail auto loan portfolio.