Retail & Commercial

U.S. hospitals increasingly are reviewing patients' credit scores. The idea is to identify patients needing counseling options about payment plans or charity care but the information also helps with debt collections.

American Express is expanding its cash reload network for its Serve prepaid cards through a partnership with Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Investors Bancorp (ISBC) in Short Hills, N.J., announced Monday that it is selling an undisclosed number of shares to the investment banks that managed its recent stock sale.

Govern Google, regulate nationally, build on that baseline, evidence externalities and reduce demand in order to transform payday from a great divider into a great unifier.

Sallie Mae's contract with the Education Department to collect payments on federal student loans could be at risk as a result of a federal probe looking at whether the lender cheated military borrowers.

Washington Trust Bancorp (WASH) in Westerly, R.I., reported a rise in quarterly profit after it sold its merchant-processing business.

SunTrust Banks (STI) in Atlanta said its quarterly profit rose 16% as it made more commercial loans.

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First Security in Owensboro, Ky., has raised $30 million through a private placement. The $500 million-asset company said it would use the funds for organic growth and "acquisitive opportunities."

The head of an operation that allowed telemarketers to make robocalls offering credit card services, hide Caller ID information and call numbers on the National Do Not Call Registry is banned under a settlement with the federal government.