Retail & Commercial

The Federal Housing Administration is on better financial footing thanks to an expected $418 million payment from SunTrust in a settlement resolving claims that the bank originated defective loans.

Nearly one third of retirement plan participants have borrowed against their savings, according to a survey released Wednesday by TIAA-CREF.

Meridian Bank Texas in Fort Worth has acquired State Bank & Trust in Carrolton, Texas.

M&T Bank (MTB) has been ordered to forfeit $560,000 that a teller laundered for drug traffickers.

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers is calling on the White House to select a nominee to the Federal Reserve Board with community banking experience.

Six directors resigned after the company contested an activist investor's successful effort to wrest board control. As a court battle looms and regulators watch, the company could struggle to find replacement directors.

Most people agree there are too many branches, but when a recent research report suggested exactly how many (lots) each bank should cut, bankers circled the wagons.

ViewPoint Financial Group in Plano, Texas, has pushed back the expected closing date for its purchase of LegacyTexas Group, citing a lengthy regulatory approval process.

Small home builders have noticed that lenders are more willing to make construction loans as banks clear their portfolios of bad credits left over from the housing bust.

Allpoint, the global surcharge-free ATM network operated by Cardtronics, will begin to accept check and cash deposits at more than 2,500 U.S. locations by the end of 2014.