Retail & Commercial

Orchard Platform, an analytics firm that pairs institutional investors with marketplace lending platforms, has launched an investment-manager database

FDIC Vice Chairman Tom Hoenig outlined a new measure to grant reg relief, one based on activity rather than size. While his vision would grant 94% of banks substantial relief, he objected, however, to exempting institutions from the Volcker Rule.

A medical debt relief bill in Minnesota would give consumers the right to go to court to stop a collection action on medical debt that violates federal IRS rules.

The banking industry as a whole will survive startups. But many individual banks will fail to make the changes necessary to stay relevant in a rapidly changing market.

MasterCard Inc. and Target Corp. are in talks about a settlement in which the retailer would pay banks about $20 million for costs they incurred in its 2013 data breach, a person familiar with the matter said.

PNC Financial Services Group posted profit that beat analysts' estimates as commercial lending accelerated.

Bank of America Corp., the second-biggest U.S. lender by assets, posted a $3.36 billion first-quarter profit that beat analysts' estimates, as legal costs tumbled.

U.S. Bancorp posted profit that matched analysts' estimates on gains in mortgage-banking revenue.

A lawsuit filed last month by four student loan debt collection companies against the U.S. Department of Education was dismissed Tuesday by a federal judge.

Three former executives of Freddie Mac have settled charges that they lied about the government-sponsored enterprise's exposure to subprime mortgages before the market collapsed.