Retail & Commercial

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York Superintendent of Financial Services Benjamin Lawsky today proposed new regulations for the title insurance industry, including restrictions on meal and entertainment expenses.

Comerica in Dallas has promoted Curtis Farmer to president.

Coinbase, a U.S.-based Bitcoin exchange with many prominent merchant clients, has spread its services into the U.K. where bankers and regulators have been more welcoming of digital currency innovations.

The unit, which lends to private equity-backed companies and includes GE Antares, has long been a major force in the middle market.

New York Community Bancorp in Westbury reported higher quarterly profit, though it continued to sell loans to stay below $50 billion in assets.

Pinnacle Financial Partners in Nashville, Tenn., has agreed to buy Magna Bank in Memphis, Tenn.

The fact that ATM fee hikes still cause controversy shows consumers still demand ATMs, even in an era when payments and other transactions seems to be moving to a mobile platform.

A bill easing restrictions on the collection efforts of debt buyers won the endorsement of North Carolina's Senate Judiciary Committee in a voice vote Tuesday.

Regions Financial will pay a $7.5 million fine after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said it charged consumers illegal overdraft fees on checking and payday-loan-like accounts.

Banks in Baltimore seem to have avoided the worst of the violence in the city's riots, though that's partly because they have few branches in some of the affected neighborhoods.