Retail & Commercial

Ed DeMarco, the former chief regulator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, warned that efforts under the Obama administration to expand access to credit could risk repeating mistakes that led up to the crisis.

Enterprise Financial Services in St. Louis plans to add a banking veteran to its board.

Western Alliance Bancorp. relishes niches with thin competition and high rewards. Its deal for Bridge Capital is no different: The seller serves small tech companies that provide high liquidity and ample fee revenue.

Reliance Bancshares is also talking to Tim Hortons about anchoring some of its branches, in hopes that coffee traffic will bring more business into its underutilized offices.

It's not just about cutting lawns and patching holes. To convey a foreclosed property into the Department of Housing and Urban Development's ownership, servicers are on the hook for every last detail of a vacant house. Here are five key pieces of the preservation puzzle.

First Bancorp in Puerto Rico revised its fourth-quarter earnings to reflect an adjustment tied to a reversal in its deferred-tax asset.

Glen Rock Savings Bank in Glen Rock, N.J., has agreed to buy Llewellyn-Edison Savings Bank in West Orange, N.J.

It's not always fun to be the butt of a joke, but in the financial services industry, it's often unavoidable. Some companies are embracing this role to turn the mockery into marketing.

WASHINGTON — Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., renewed his push Thursday to allow bankruptcy judges to cram down private student loan debt, introducing a bill on the issue with 12 other Democrats.

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