Retail & Commercial

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce said third-quarter profit rose 4.9 percent as buoyant markets boosted wealth-management earnings and the lender won investment-banking business from oil and gas companies.

Toronto-Dominion Bank, Canada's largest lender by assets, said third-quarter profit rose 38 percent on higher earnings from domestic consumer lending and investment banking.

Imagine arriving at an international airport and one of the first greetings you get is from your bank, welcoming you to the new country and saying where to find free ATMs.

American Express and Discover Financial Services once again were kings of the mountain in an annual survey of consumers' experience with credit cards.

First Bancorp in Southern Pines, N.C., will close 10 branches in three states.

Russian hackers attacked the U.S. financial system in mid-August, infiltrating and stealing data from JPMorgan Chase & Co. and at least one other bank, an incident the FBI is investigating as a possible retaliation for government-sponsored sanctions, according to two people familiar with the probe.

A bulletin from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau outlining new policies for mortgage servicing transfers has the industry on alert for another possible round of rulemaking coming down the pike.

Bank of America has lost more than $60 billion on its acquisition of Countrywide, including the cost of last week's big settlement with the Justice Department. But its issues are hardly over. The pain will continue for years as it has hundreds of thousands of delinquent, unsellable mortgage loans to work through.

New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman's office filed a lawsuit Wednesday against four companies and their principals for operating a fraudulent loan modification scam.

Mid Penn Bancorp in Millersburg, Pa., has agreed to buy Phoenix Bancorp in Minersville, Pa.