Retail & Commercial

The Federal Housing Administration's mortgage insurance fund is finally in the black, but not strong enough that the agency is likely to lower premiums anytime soon.

In the card industry, enrolling customers online was once viewed as risky, even taboo. Today it is considered a key signpost of success.

Silicon Valley Bank, based in Santa Clara, Calif., has selected 18 students from colleges around the country to participate in its inaugural SVB Trek, a program connecting students to West Coast tech leaders, including entrepreneurs and venture capitalists.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. dismissed currency trader Frank Cahill over alleged behavior during his time at HSBC Holdings PLC.

Steven Sugarman, chief executive at Banc of California, recently completed a large branch acquisition after a public battle with an advocacy group. In a recent interview, he discussed that process as well as the bank's busy year — both the good and the bad.

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. agreed to pay an additional $315 million to New York’s Department of Financial Services for misleading regulators in an investigation of the bank’s transactions with sanctioned countries including Iran and Sudan.

First Financial Bancorp in Cincinnati has shuffled its C-Suite and appointed a new president.

First Financial Northwest in Renton, Wash., has gotten regulatory approval to receive a $70 million dividend from its bank unit.

A Georgia-based collection agency and seven employees are facing fraud charges after a federal investigation revealed tactics that prosecutors believe convinced more than 6,000 people to pay the firm an estimated $4.1 million in purported debts, according to a criminal complaint filed Tuesday.

Most lenders are said to be embracing the regulatory changes being made to the home equity conversion mortgage, but for Generation Mortgage those changes meant too much risk and lower margins.