Retail & Commercial

The number of Americans buying autos neared a record high last year but a possible downside to the growth is drawing comparisons to the subprime mortgage boom.

The Federal Reserve System released a detailed vision Monday for improving the speed of the U.S. payment system.

The Federal Reserve System released a detailed vision for improving the speed of the U.S. payment system. It is latest step in a process meant to spur change at a time when the country has fallen far behind many nations that have adopted real-time payments.

If consumers, designers and artists led the discussion about how we make payments in the future, they would likely come out with a vastly different system than the one technologists are creating today.

Metro Bancorp in Harrisburg, Pa., which has been under pressure from activist investors to sell itself, reported higher quarterly income largely because of increased real estate lending.

Sun Bancorp in Mount Laurel, N.J., reported a quarterly loss as it continues to shrink its balance sheet.

North Dallas Bank & Trust is in wait-and-see mode after its largest shareholder's death.

Like General Motors extending credit to car dealers, Google will use Lending Club to finance resellers, service providers, and consultants in its supply chain while putting to work a portion of the tech giant's cash war chest.

WASHINGTON – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Friday announced four appointments to the agency’s leadership team.

California's Department of Business Oversight said Friday that it will drop its effort to suspend Ocwen Loan Servicing's mortgage license in California. The Atlanta servicer had failed for more than a year to provide its California regulator with requested information