Retail & Commercial

Home Bancshares in Conway, Ark., has agreed to buy Florida Business BancGroup in Tampa, Fla.

Members of St. James Federal Savings and Loan Association will meet Saturday to vote on whether to convert from a mutual to a stock-owned bank as a prelude to selling itself to Wells Financial. Some believe the vote could set a worrisome precedent.

The CFPB on Wednesday sued an auto loan firm for aggressive debt collection tactics against service members.

Security researchers say criminals are turning away from malware-only attacks and preying on unsuspecting call center reps, merchants and bank-website users with simpler, more traditional schemes.

JPMorgan Chase Vice Chairman James B. "Jimmy" Lee died unexpectedly Wednesday morning, the bank said in a statement from Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon. He was 62.

First Republic Bank in San Francisco has agreed to purchase Constellation Wealth Advisors for about $115 million.

Glenn Moyer, the former banking commissioner of Pennsylvania, has joined a banking risk-management consulting firm.

A Seattle-based company is trying to make it easier for individual investors in peer-to-peer loans to cash out early.

Signature Bank in New York has added former Rep. Barney Frank to its board. The $29 billion-asset company said that Frank filled a seat previously held by Alfred DelBello, a former lieutenant governor of New York who died last month. This is Frank's first appointment to a bank board.

BOK Financial in Tulsa, Okla., and Webster Financial in Waterbury, Conn., each reported that its Tier 1 common equity ratio would remain above regulators' minimum guideline, as regional banks continue to disclose Dodd-Frank Act stress-test results.