Retail & Commercial

Customers Bancorp in Wyomissing, Pa., is building an online borrowing experience for its small-business clients.

First Northern Community Bancorp in Dixon, Calif., has exited the Small Business Lending Fund.

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of collection agency Van Ru Credit Corp. in a case involving a voicemail message left at a consumer’s business.

Northrim BanCorp in Anchorage, Alaska, will give its chief executive the additional title of chairman, as its current chairman to plans to retire at year end.

A large investor in 1st Century Bancshares is upset that the Los Angeles company is looking to raise new capital.

Quicken Loans CEO Bill Emerson's term as chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association underscores how the Internet-and-phone channel has grown from a quirky novelty to transformative force in the industry.

Utah officials want to make it easier to garnish the bank accounts of delinquent taxpayers by requiring banks and credit unions to turn over targeted customer information.

First Horizon National Corp. in Memphis expects to be fined up to $11.5 million by federal arbitration panel, in a dispute over its sale of preferred-term securities to First United Corp. in Oakland, Md.

Banks should be prepared for the potential that an investor with a growing stake does not have the institution’s interests at heart.

New York’s attorney general called on more than 90 banks including units of Toronto-Dominion Bank and HSBC Holdings to revamp customer screening procedures to give poor people better access to financial services.