Retail & Commercial

Some lost their jobs while others made major missteps or faced serious challenges to their business plans. Here are the folks who had a rough 2015 and are looking forward to better times in 2016.

First Priority Financial in Malvern, Pa., has redeemed $6 million in preferred stock associated with the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Village Bank in Midlothian, Va., has been released from an enforcement order issued by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and Virginia Bureau of Financial Institutions.

The Federal Reserve's decision to raise interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade is said to be prompting at least one large bank to boost the rates it pays to depositors.

A London-based startup aims to allow consumers to use Bitcoin as a form of payment – even with merchants that haven’t started using the digital currency.

Frederick J. Hanna & Associates agreed Monday to pay $3.1 million to settle a CFPB lawsuit that alleged the firm illegally operated a debt collection lawsuit mill. The law firm has responded to the proposed settlement.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. will probably benefit most from the coming wave of financial technology disruption, rather than being supplanted by startups driving the change, according to an Autonomous Research survey.

A proposal issued two weeks ago by the FHFA calls on the two government-sponsored enterprises to identify opportunities to increase their purchases of small multifamily properties in rural areas, sparking some concern among lenders.