Retail & Commercial

Flagstar Bancorp in Troy, Mich., reported quarterly earnings that significantly surpassed Wall Street's expectations.

Shares of Fulton Financial fell early Wednesday after the Lancaster, Pa., company reported second-quarter results that missed expectations.

A text message spammer and his company settled federal charges of sending millions of text messages and trolling for personal financial information.

Metro Bank Chairman Vernon Hill compared his banks's focus on innovation to what Apple achieved in the technology industry, as it looks to take on Britain's biggest lenders.

New York Community Bancorp's quarterly profit slipped from a year earlier despite strong loan growth and gains from property sales.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is facing criticism for his handling of collection contracts after a report found companies were giving campaign donations while the state was reviewing bids for the work.

Zuman, a cloud-based human resource outsourcer, has partnered with BitPay to allow its business clients to pay their employees in bitcoin.

F.N.B. in Pittsburgh is reaping the benefits of its recent expansions into other major cities. The $15 billion-asset bank reported a second-quarter profit of $34.8 million, an increase of 19% from the year-earlier period.

Sixteen banks, along with John Eggemeyer and Tim Chrisman, raised $6.3 million to keep the Hispanic-focused bank from failing.

Discover Financial Services reported a rise in quarterly profits on strong growth in its loan portfolio.