Retail & Commercial

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has reached a settlement with former executives at the failed LandMark Bank of Florida.

First Financial Bancorp in Cincinnati has launched a new division to cater to the growing demand for specialty business banking and named Brad Ringwald the division's president.

The third quarter had fewer deals compared to the second quarter, but three fundamental attributes of normalized M&A appeared: bigger players, shorter regulatory approvals times and interest from more buyers.

Alternative lenders filling gaps left by banks continue to gain market share. TCP Capital's Raj Vig discusses the pressures in middle market lending, where looser terms are attracting regulators' attention.

The pace of home price appreciation has decelerated in recent months, but it will not result in another dip where price changes actually fall into negative territory, according to Wells Fargo Securities economists.

More than 1,000 people jailed in Spokane County, Wash. for failing to pay court-ordered fines in the past six years will benefit from a class-action lawsuit settlement valued at $350,000.

Three of the most powerful women in banking go beyond the balance sheet.

Defining your bank's limits on earnings and minimum capital requirements can help safeguard against the reckless pursuit of return on equity.

Thursday night's celebration of American Banker's Most Powerful Women in Banking turned into a call for action for companies to build a pipeline of female leaders. "If we stick to the current rate of turnover, it's going to take 75 years to reach parity," said outgoing HSBC USA chief Irene Dorner.

First Commonwealth Financial in Indiana, Pa., has acquired Thompson/McLay Insurance Associates.